DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy
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WILL STONE welcomes an outstanding collection of jazz writing from the Morning Star’s own correspondent
AMAZING: Mary Halvorson, avant-garde composer and guitarist
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STEPHANIE BROWN draws attention to the hidden labour of the female embroiderers, and how a 19th century replica made no such error
MIK SABIERS revels in a band that ploughs an idiosyncratic furrow of expletive laden, guitar-driven alt rock
ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum
RON JACOBS recommends an important book that enhances the oppositional theories put forth by Fanon and, in doing so, remakes psychology itself
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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