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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 ...

Nina Simone: 'Nuff Said (RCA Victor)

Review by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 8 February 1969

PROOF TO SILENCE THE CYNICS ...

Sammy Davis Jr.: Palladium, London

Live Review by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 20 April 1963

SAM'S A WHAM! ...

Sammy Davis Jr.: 'Me and the Beatles'

Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 28 March 1964

SAMMY DAVIS TALKS TO DAVID GRIFFITHS ...

Duke Ellington Orchestra: Rainbow Grill, New York NY

Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 9 August 1969

Quality, Taste & Warmth Mark Duke's Performance ...

Cecil Taylor: For Cecil Taylor, It's Just Beginning...

Interview by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 8 November 1969

EMERGING FROM the stage door of the Odeon, Hammersmith after his triumphal Jazz Expo concert on Friday night, the diminutive figure of pianist Cecil Taylor ...

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 ...

Horace Silver: Ronnie Scott's club, London

Live Review by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 24 September 1966

Extension of the earlier quintet ...

Sarah Vaughan: Why Miss Vaughan Isn't Recording...

Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 1 November 1969

IF SARAH Vaughan never sang another heavenly high note she'd have earned her place, and a top place, among the immortals of jazz singing. ...

Karen Dalton, Delaney & Bonnie, Lightnin' Hopkins, Modern Jazz Quartet, The, Lighthouse: Albums from Lighthouse, Delaney & Bonnie, Karen Dalton, Lightnin' Hopkins, The Modern Jazz Quartet

Review by Wayne Robins, The Berkeley Barb, 5 December 1969

FROM THIS week's flood of albums come a few disappointing second LP's by some promising performers, a pleasant surprise from a talented newcomer, an outstanding ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

Isaac Hayes, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin, Isaac Hayes, Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Winterland, San Francisco CA

Live Review by uncredited writer, The Berkeley Barb, 14 November 1969

WINTERLAND BUMMER ...

Ben Webster: Reminiscing with Big Ben

Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 28 December 1968

"DID YOU ever hear about my film? It's a half-hour thing made by Johan van der Keuken for Dutch TV last year. It would be ...

Lionel Hampton: If anybody asks, tell them — Lionel is ready!

Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 15 November 1969

LIONEL HAMPTON'S late-night appearance at Jazz Expo in London the other week caused disputation, to put it rather mildly. Some people found him exciting. Others ...

Kenny Ball, Heinz: Kenny Ball and Heinz on the Film Set

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 21 June 1963

ONE HOUR'S worth of story, 20 minutes of music (including Kenny Ball's new hit 'Rondo') is the way they've planned Britain's latest pop film, Live ...

Clinton Ford, Temperance Seven, The: Temperance Seven, Clinton Ford: Old-Fashioned Approach

Interview by Ian Dove, Record Mirror, 29 April 1961

The Temperance Seven At No. 1; Clinton Ford A Hit On Easy Beat ...

Ramsey Lewis: 'In Crowd' Left Out

Report and Interview by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 6 November 1965

THERE WAS a slight disagreement between the Ramsey Lewis Trio and the producer of Ninth Street West and Hollywood A-Go-Go last week. ...

Vic Damone: Million-selling Vic Damone ('I had too much faith in people') Aims Himself at the Charts...

Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 5 July 1969

MORE THAN twenty years ago, when he was 19, Vic Damone was one of the top hitmakers. He had four or five massive sellers in ...