Title: TALKING THE GROOVE: JAZZ WORDS FROM THE MORNING STAR
Author: Chris Searle
Publisher: Jazz In Britain (8 April 2024)
Language: English
Paperback: 394 pages
ISBN: 978-1-9163206-7-3
Dimensions: 15.6 x 1.4 x 23.4 cm
Jazz In Britain is proud to be publishing Chris Searle’s new book, ‘Talking The Groove: Jazz words from the Morning Star’. The book is a collection of reviews and interviews with over 150 jazz artists that have appeared in the paper in recent years.
And, like our last three books, there’ll be companion audio (two CDs) of rare, previously unreleased, music relevant to the book… some from our archives and some specially donated by musicians featured in the book. When we shared the tracklisting with Chris Searle, his reaction was: “This is marvellous... unbeknown... astonishing. To have such a powerful array of talent on one double CD. It's a listener's dream that also brings back another world that we all knew and loved.”
Chris Searle has been jazz correspondent of the Morning Star for nearly three decades. During that time he has written hundreds of reviews of recorded and live jazz performances. He was born in Romford in 1944. Fifty years a working teacher and educationalist, he has written or edited over fifty books on education, language, poetry, cricket and jazz. His book 'The Forsaken Lover' won the Martin Luther King Award in 1972, and he has written four autobiographical accounts: 'Isaac and I', 'We're Building the New School! Diary of a Teacher in Mozambique', 'Grenada Morning' and 'The World is in Our Words'.
ABOUT THE BOOK
'Talking the Groove' is his third book on jazz, following 'Forward Groove' (2008) and 'Red Groove' (2013). Throughout its pages he mixes his reviews with dozens of interviews with jazz veterans, established virtuosi and younger musicians - who Art Blakey called 'new stars of the jazz firmament'. He shows how through more than a century of its existence, jazz has grown hugely in its internationalism and inclusiveness, always remaining a campaigning and evolving music with its aims rooted in a quest for freedom, popular justice and astonishing, boundary-breaking artistry.
MIKE WESTBROOK
In the preface to the book, Mike Westbrook writes: “Chris listens. He engages emotionally with the music. He talks to its creators. He identifies with the artist’s struggle for freedom of expression and sees parallels in the wider political situation… turning the pages of Talking the Groove, with Chris as a committed and articulate guide, we find a timely reminder that jazz is as vital and vibrant as ever. You just have to know where to find it.”
ABOUT THE CDS
These CDs were compiled by Jazz In Britain as an accompaniment to Chris Searle’s book. They are not intended to be a comprehensive example of all the musicians and music discussed in Chris’ book (that would need to be a huge box set!) but include recordings that have particular relevance to the subjects dealt with in the book or have been donated specially for this project. They will not be available separately from the book either as CDs or as downloads. They include recordings from John Stevens, Chris McGregor, Brotherhood of Breath, Splinters (Tubby Hayes, Trevor Watts, Kenny Wheeler, Stan Tracey, Jeff Clyne and John Stevens), Trevor Watts, Bruce Turner with Michael Garrick, Dave Green and Alan Jackson, and Mujician.
CD1
John Stevens Septet – BBC Jazz Club, 20 December 1965
Kenny Wheeler – flugelhorn; Chris Pyne – trombone; Ray Warleigh - alto sax; Alan Skidmore - tenor sax; Mike Pyne – piano; Ron Mathewson – bass; John Stevens - drums
1. Number Three (Pyne) 7:20
2. Sixes And Sevens (Wheeler) 7:08
Chris McGregor Group – BBC Jazz Scene, 13 August 1967
Mongezi Feza – trumpet; Dudu Pukwana - alto saxophone; Ronnie Beer - tenor saxophone; Chris McGregor – piano; Dave Holland – bass; Laurence Allan - drums
3. Sabendye Baye (McGregor) 0:35
Chris McGregor Group – Ronnie Scott’s, London, 31 December 1967
Mongezi Feza - trumpet; Pat Higgs – trumpet; Mick Collins – trumpet; Malcolm Griffiths – trombone; Chris Pyne – trombone; Jimmy Phillips - soprano saxophone; Dudu Pukwana - alto saxophone; Mike Osborne - alto saxophone; Ronnie Beer - tenor saxophone - John Surman - baritone saxophone; Chris McGregor – piano; Dave Holland – bass; Alan Jackson - drums
4. New Year Carnival (McGregor) 10:39
Chris McGregor Sextet – BBC Radio 3, 25 September 1968
Mongezi Feza – trumpet; Dudu Pukwana - alto sax; Ronnie Beer - tenor sax; Chris McGregor – piano; Dave Holland – bass; Louis Moholo - drums
5. Sun Song (McGregor) 7:45
Brotherhood Of Breath - BBC Jazz In Britain, 2 November 1970
Harry Beckett – trumpet, flugelhorn; Mongezi Feza – bamboo flute; Mark Charig – cornet; Malcolm Griffiths, Nick Evans – trombones; Dudu Pukwana – alto sax; Mike Osborne – alto sax, clarinet; Alan Skidmore – tenor, soprano sax; Ronnie Beer – bamboo flute; Chris McGregor – ballaphon; Harry Miller – bass; Louis Moholo – drums
6. Night Poem (McGregor) 16:24
Splinters - BBC Jazz Workshop, 28 December 1972
Kenny Wheeler – trumpet, flugelhorn; Trevor Watts – alto sax; Tubby Hayes – tenor sax, flute; Stan Tracey - piano; Jeff Clyne - bass; John Stevens - drums
7. Six Piece Group Improvisation 23:31
CD2
Trevor Watts - Rock Against Racism Festival, The Pig in Paradise, Hastings, late 1980
Trevor Watts - alto sax; Simon Picard - tenor sax; Colin McKenzie - bass guitar; Liam Genockey - kit drums; Nana Tsiboe - talking drum
1. Saalfelden Encore (Watts) 18:21
Bruce Turner Quartet - Jazz Against Racism, The Garage, Sloane Square, London, 1980
Bruce Turner – clarinet & alto sax; Michael Garrick – electric piano; Dave Green – bass; Alan Jackson – drums
2. How About You? (Lane/Freed) 9:51
3. Too Marvellous For Words (Mercer/Whiting) 10:04
Mujician - Live at The Albert, Bristol, 12 September 1993
Paul Dunmall - tenor sax; Keith Tippett – piano; Paul Rogers – bass; Tony Levin – drums
4. Live At The Albert (23:06)
Trevor Watts / Mark Sanders duo, 17 October 2019
Trevor Watts – alto & soprano sax; Mark Sanders – drums
5. Around the Corner 17:19
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