Jazz Review
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Jazz Review is a British jazz magazine, founded in 1998 by former editor of The Wire and jazz writer Richard Cook and publisher Roger Spence. The magazine covers the entire range of jazz history from early jazz, through Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz and the Avant-Garde, and is known for its scholarly approach and independent stance. Major artists - including Keith Jarrett, Lee Konitz, Ornette Coleman, Dave Brubeck and Wynton Marsalis - have given interviews to the magazine; historical surveys have included the Modern Jazz Quartet, Fletcher Henderson, Oscar Peterson and Andrew Hill; the magazine is also renowned for coverage of British jazz.
Richard Cook's death in 2007 led to the magazine running without an editor for six months until 2008, when Brian Morton was appointed Editor and Philip Clark was made Reviews Editor.
Contributors include Simon Adams, Ronald Atkins, Emma Baker, Garry Booth, Philip Clark, Hugh Gregory, Jack Cooke, Tim Dorset, Mike Fish, Rick Finlay, Mark Gilbert, Derek Gorman, Chris Parker, Fred Grand, Andy Hamilton, Martin Longley, Alan Luff, Brian Morton, Catherine Parsonage, Mike Rogers, Bill Shoemaker, Roger Thomas, Anthony Troon, Jim Weir and Barry Witherden.
Alongside interviews and articles, regular features include "Posted Notes" (reader's letters), "Now's The Time" (a musician diary piece), "ANEC-Dotage" (Alan Luff remembers...), "The Test" (a musician is given records to comment on without knowing what they are), CD reviews, "Fast Taste" (shorter reviews) and "Yesterdays" (a prominent musician writes about a major turning point in their career).
The magazine has been bi-monthly since 2005; in the June/July 2008 issue pianist Ran Blake profiled the singer Abbey Lincoln.
