Herbie Hancock - Hopes and Dreams - This month Herbie Hancock makes his presence felt in the UK by playing five eagerly anticipated live shows, including two concerts at the London Jazz Festival that coincide with the release of Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock, a 12-track career retrospective covering his work for the Blue Note, Warner, Columbia and Verve record labels. In this exclusive interview with Stuart Nicholson, Hancock talks about his new band, his time with Miles Davis and his support for Barack Obama in the US elections on 4 November.  Read more

Peter Brötzmann - Master Blaster - Until you’ve heard saxophonist Peter Brötzmann in the flesh you only can gain a partial sense of the primeval sound and sheer power of the free jazz German pioneer through listening to him on CD. For those who haven’t heard him live already, this month you’ll get the chance at the London Jazz Festival. Daniel Spicer talks to him about his motivations for playing the way he does and looks back at his seminal album Machine Gun 40 years on.  Read more...

Harry Beckett - Mixing It - A longstanding presence on the London jazz scene, trumpeter Harry Beckett has kept his music fresh over a long career and none more so than on his latest release which invites reggae and dance music influences to happily live alongside his modal jazz flavours. Duncan Heining talks to Harry about his current preoccupations and looks back on a career stretching back to the 1960s.  Read more...


Reviews - Jazz and Beyond - From the UK's biggest review section
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The UK's most definitive review section of jazz and beyond - over 100 CDs, Book, Gig and DVD reviews are in the November 2008 Jazzwise Magazine (Issue No. 125) - to read  them all click here to subscribe and receive a superb FREE CD.

November CD Sample Reviews

Herbie Hancock - Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock  ***

Donny McCaslin Trio - Recommended Tools ****

Dave Stapleton - Catching Sunlight ****

The Player
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Dave O'Higgins – Saxophone - David Gallant talks to the saxophonist about how he got started, the instruments he has played over the years and his all time favourite choice - click here to read the interview .

Jazz Instrument Update
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David Gallant reports on the latest instrument developments and launches here .

Charts

Charting the Jazz message
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Jazzwise November 2008 Chart
 
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