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Humphrey Lyttelton: Humph, 20 years after

Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 3 February 1968

"NO, IT can't be true," people can often be heard muttering when their eyes fall on a picture of the mature Shirley Temple or Jackie ...

Nancy Wilson: Nancy, Bread and Butter Singer

Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 9 March 1968

IT SEEMS as though Nancy Wilson is always making flying visits to this country in order to appear in television programmes. Once she came here ...

Nina Simone: Troubadour, Los Angeles CA

Live Review by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 14 March 1968

ONE OF Nina Simone's songs contains the line "He'll find her waiting like a lonesome queen." Though she is accompanied by a quartet and though ...

Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Roland Kirk: Jazz Workshop, San Francisco CA

Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 3 April 1968

Kirk Brightens New Workshop ...

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 ...

Louis Armstrong: Tell Them Satchmo Is Feeling Great, Looking Pretty And Blowin' Great!

Profile and Interview by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 13 April 1968

LOUIS ARMSTRONG, ON HIS PERSONAL HOTLINE FROM MIAMI BEACH, TALKS TO ALAN WALSH ...

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross: Hendricks and Ross now Seek Fame...

Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 13 April 1968

JON HENDRICKS, indelibly associated with the Lambert, Hendricks and Ross trio and the creation of a new form of jazz singing, has been experimenting with ...

Louis Armstrong: The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong, Part 1

Report and Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 29 June 1968

MAX JONES reports from Batley ...

Louis Armstrong: The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong, Part 2

Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 6 July 1968

"I'VE BEEN trying to follow you for 20 years," a trumpet player was saying to Louis Armstrong in Batley the other day. Louis raised his ...

Louis Armstrong: The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong, Part 3

Report and Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 13 July 1968

SATCH SAYS THANKS FOR THE THRILL ...

Freddie Hubbard Jazz Quintet: Both/And, San Francisco CA

Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 4 August 1968

Hubbard Jazz Quintet — The Best Anywhere ...

Ornette Coleman: Hearst Greek Theatre, Berkeley CA

Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 13 August 1968

Like a Scene Out of a Surrealist Film ...

O.C. Smith: The Revolution, London

Live Review by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 17 August 1968

And he triumphs, despite all, at the Revolution ...

Georgie Fame: Pop Singer With A Jazz Orientation

Interview by Tony Leigh, KRLA Beat, 11 September 1968

GEORGIE FAME is not very well known in America — his appeal has been sporadic at best. In 1964, with the British wave his recording ...

Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Roland Kirk's Expanding World

Profile and Interview by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 12 September 1968

MUCH OF Roland Kirk's life has been a dogmatic and frustrating crusade to make his listeners realize that the reason he plays two or three ...

Buddy Rich, Vanilla Fudge: The Buddy Rich Big Band, Vanilla Fudge: Felt Forum, New York NY

Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 5 October 1968

Rich Band Goes Over Rich — Fudge Have Zesty Flavor ...

Della Reese and her Mean Uncle

Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 26 October 1968

DELLA REESE, halfway through her stint as special guest artist on the Tom Jones tour, rested in London on Monday and looked forward to a ...

Joe Simon, Muddy Waters, Horace Silver, Stars of Faith, The: Muddy Waters, Horace Silver, Joe Simon, Stars of Faith: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Live Review by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 2 November 1968

Swinging down the aisles ...

Horace Silver: Eyes for the Writing Scene

Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 23 November 1968

"I'D like to mention a new direction in my career." This was Horace Silver, talking at a Blue Note reception given for him at Ronnie ...

Nina Simone: Nina Hits With Hair

Profile by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 23 November 1968

NINA SIMONE provokes mixed reactions from the music critics of the world. Some hail her as a giant of the blues, while others, though grudgingly ...