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Live Review by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 11 February 1967

DUKE ALWAYS HAS A TRICK UP HIS SLEEVE ...

Spontaneous Music Ensemble: John Stevens: A Sadder But Wiser Avant Gardist

Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 18 February 1967

JOHN STEVENS has come back a sadder but wiser man from the so-called "avant garde scene" in Copenhagen. Stevens, drummer-organiser of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble, ...

Duke Ellington: Suites in a Hotel Suite

Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 18 February 1967

DUKE ELLINGTON is a musician who composes tirelessly in his own way and in his own time — which means according to the circumstances he ...

Buffalo Springfield, Byrds, The, Doors, The, Hugh Masekela, Peter, Paul & Mary: Peter, Paul & Mary, the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield: Valley Music Centre, Los Angeles CA

Live Review by Tracy Thomas, New Musical Express, 4 March 1967

P, P & M protest ...

Sun Ra, and Interview: Collision of the Suns

Interview by John Sinclair, The Warren-Forest Sun, 1 April 1967

THE INTERVIEW with SUN RA, the master musician & prophet, was originally taped & edited by John Sinclair in December 1966 for GUERRILLA. The interview ...

Sun Ra: Interview: Sun Ra Part 2

Interview by John Sinclair, The Warren-Forest Sun, 14 April 1967

I KNOW I got something to help people but — I don't know what to do about it. I can put it over in music, ...

Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Wayne Shorter: Miles Davis: Davis Has His Best Jazz Unit

Profile by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 18 April 1967

THE MILES Davis Quintet which enters its last week at the Both/And tonight is an exhilarating and important jazz ensemble. ...

Ornette Coleman: Pauley Ballroom, University of California, Berkeley CA

Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 29 May 1967

Coleman Gets a Poor Hearing ...

Mel Tormé: Talk of the Town, London

Live Review by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 10 June 1967

CRISP, CRACKLING, sharp, superb, swinging, casual, brilliant, completely at ease, masterly, humorous, likeable — I could run out of superlatives for Mel Tormé, who opened ...

Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, New Salvation Army Banned, The: Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, the New Salvation Army Banned: Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco CA

Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 13 July 1967

The Biggest Show in Town ...

Yusef Lateef: Ronnie Scott's, London

Live Review by Mick Farren, International Times, 28 July 1967

YUSEF LATEEF is at present playing a season at Ronnie Scotts backed by the Stan Tracey Trio. I have always thought of Lateef as one ...

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 ...

Jimmy Smith, Betty Carter: Jimmy Smith: the Jazz Workshop; Betty Carter: Both/And, San Francisco CA

Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 25 October 1967

Jimmy Smith Draws Crowd At Workshop ...

"Brother" Jack McDuff: Silk and Soul (Transatlantic PR 7404)

Review by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 11 November 1967

BENNY GOLSON arranged some of the eight tracks on Brother Jack McDuff's SILK AND SOUL (Transatlantic PR 7404) for organ and big band, complete with ...

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 ...

Roy Ayers, Sonny Sharrock, Herbie Mann, Miroslav Vitous: Herbie Mann: Both/And, San Francisco CA

Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 13 December 1967

Exciting Quintet in Town ...

Duke Ellington: When Duke Shared the Bill with the Cheeky Chappie

Retrospective by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 23 December 1967

THE JAZZ ARCHIVES: ELLINGTON AT THE PALLADIUM BY MAX JONES ...

Mose Allison: Tempo: Mose Allison

Interview by Jim Delehant, Hit Parader, January 1968

"BLUES IS A very limited thing to play. I have to keep adding things to it to keep it interesting. I keep striving for higher ...