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Talking The Groove: Jazz Words From The Morning Star
Chris Searle
Jazz In Britain, £16.99
CHRIS SEARLE’s jazz column is to the Morning Star’s arts pages what Farringdon’s racing tips are to its sports section — both having built something of a trademark for the paper over nearly 30 years, and for many as indispensable as its editorial or crossword.
He has written or edited more than 50 books and Talking The Groove is his third on jazz, following 2008’s Forward Groove and 2013’s Red Groove.
This worthy compendium brings together reviews and interviews of more than 150 artists from our intrepid “jazz correspondent” — a writer whose passionate and at times poetic style defies anyone, even the jazz haters, not to be in some way inspired.
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