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Resources
Bill Frisell/ Overtone Quartet/ Marcus Miller, London Jazz Festival
Orchestral resources wound round an American guitarist, a heavyweight band-of-equals showed their collective spirit, and a bassist revisited Miles Davis’s last great album, writes Mike Hobart
Terry Clarke: It’s About Time
A-list drummer’s first release under his own name
Richard Galliano: Paris Concert
Live recording of a solo performance
Sonny Rollins/John Scofield, London
Mike Hobart hears Sonny Rollins spin grandiose structures from the simplest materials in his headlining concert at the London Jazz Festival
Gwilym Simcock: Blues Vignette
A double CD that blends classical roots with jazz references
Jimmy Cobb: Jazz in the Key of Blue
Showtune romances set at medium tempo
The Monterey Quartet: Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival
The festival debut of an all-star collective
Elton Dean’s Ninesense: Happy Daze/Oh for the Edge
A double album from the late saxophonist of Soft Machine
Kit Downes Trio: Golden
Debut album turns to the conventional acoustic piano trio
Keith Jarrett: Paris/London (Testament)
Three CDs from through-improvised, solo piano concerts

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