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Tony Bennett: 'Paul McCartney Has a Spirit That Moves Me'

Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 6 April 1968

THOUGH THE MUSICAL approach of Tony Bennett – and the bands he works with, such as Buddy Rich – is not usually treated with adulation ...

Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Roland Kirk: Doesn't Fit Into The Avant Garde

Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 12 November 1966

JAZZ snobs have been hit hard by the arrival of Roland Kirk the Magnificent. Roland's music lurches crazily, but creatively from the humorous to the ...

Allman Brothers Band, Band, The, Tony Williams Lifetime, The, Miles Davis: Mass Music: The Band, Allman Brothers, Tony Williams and Miles Davis

Review by Miller Francis Jr., The Great Speckled Bird, 8 December 1969

EACH OF the record albums discussed here could be termed a masterpiece worthy of a full-length "rave." But the Review format can often be nothing ...

Dave Brubeck: Teo Macero: 'It May Be What Jazz Needs, The Psychedelic Touch'

Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 9 September 1967

TEO MACERO, American Columbia A&R man, arranger, and composer of experimental music, is becoming a regular visitor to Britain. Last week he was with us ...

Quincy Jones, Sarah Vaughan: Music In The Making: Quincy Jones — Sarah Makes It All Worth While

Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 12 October 1963

Quincy Jones, who spent last week in London enjoying the sights and sounds by day and night, is one of music's all-rounders. Bandleader, composer, arranger, publisher, ...

Nat King Cole: Welcome Back to Nat 'King' Cole

Profile by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 5 July 1963

INCREDIBLE — but in December, 1940, in a Hollywood recording studio, Nat "King" Cole made the first of many hit discs, 'Sweet Lorraine'. It is ...

Sarah Vaughan: Madame Butterfly

Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 21 September 1963

MAX JONES talks to a new-look SARAH VAUGHAN ...

John Coltrane: Amen

Obituary by Jim Delehant, Hit Parader, December 1967

WHEN JOHN Coltrane died on Monday, July 17th, the world of progressive music lost one of its leading jazz figures, and Impulse Records lost its ...

Chuck Berry, James Brown, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, John Lee Hooker, Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Rollins, Duke Ellington: Tempo: R&B and Jazz Album Reviews

Review by Jim Delehant, Hit Parader, November 1966

FOR SOME reason, recordings of live rock and roll shows are selling very well. You can hardly hear the music above the enthusiastic audience response ...

Acker Bilk Picks 'Desert Island Discs' — And Talks About Others He Wanted

Report and Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 16 November 1962

MR. ACKER BILK found himself on a desert island this week — recording his part as a castaway on the BBC's long-running Desert Island Discs ...

Kenny Ball, Acker Bilk: Acker Bilk; Kenny Ball: Alan Smith Goes Sailing With Two Of Britain's Top Disc Stars

Report and Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 24 August 1962

Acker's Happy With His Vocal Success ...

Acker Bilk, Beryl Bryden, Temperance Seven, The: Acker Bilk, Beryl Bryden: Hammersmith Gaumont, London

Live Review by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 16 November 1962

ROCK INSTRUMENTS INVADE TRAD ...

Nina Simone: God Bless The Child

Interview by Jim Delehant, Hit Parader, September 1969

NINA SIMONE was born Eunice Waymon in Tryon, North Carolina, the sixth of eight children. Her mother worked as a housekeeper and her father was ...