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  Tim Garland: Refocus review – a classic 60s fusion revisited

  Tim Garland: Refocus review – a classic 60s fusion revisited. (Edition)The saxophonist takes Stan Getz’s unique collaboration with Eddie Sauter in a bold new direction

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  Les Tomkins obituary

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  Lee Konitz, saxophonist who was at the forefront of jazz’s ‘Cool School’ – obituary

  Lee Konitz, who has died aged 92, was an important figure in the development of jazz during the post-war period. He remained an active and innovative musician into advanced old age. As a young man, Konitz was the most prominent among the very few alto saxophonists unaffected by the powerful influence of Charlie Parker. His calm, almost vibrato-free tone and undemonstrative style were the antithesis of Parker’s passionate intensity. Along with other musicians, such as Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan

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  Joao Gilberto: Bossa nova master who crystallised the genre’s breezy, intimate sound

  Brazilian guitarist and singer Joao Gilberto helped to define the subtle, swaying and quietly sensuous style of music known as bossa nova, which became a worldwide craze in the 1960s.Gilberto, who has died aged 88, began his musical career in the 1940s, but it wasn’t until the mid-1950s that he developed the distinctive understated vocals and syncopated rhythms that would become known as bossa nova (Loosely translated, “new wave” or “new trend”).Once he joined forces with composer and performer

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  Charting George Martin's Contributions to Popular Music Through 10 Songs Not by the Beatles

  No one would have held it against George Martin if he decided to call it a career after the Beatles broke up. The legendary producer, who died Tuesday at the age of 90, revolutionized popular music by introducing orchestration on landmark albums like Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and plenty more. While the late "Fifth Beatle" will always be remembered for taking the Fab Four's sound to the next level, he made plenty of other contributions to popular music, from G

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