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‘The next jazz innovator could easily have a white face, and speak with the accent of Paris or Hamburg or the English shires.’ (Charles Fox, The Jazz Scene, 1972). What Fox is saying is that jazz is ...

This is a gorgeous record. Alan’s extrovert élan always satisfies, but this CD reveals the gentler, intensely lyrical side of his play­ing. He swings at even the quietest tempo, but for the major­ity ...