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Based in the UK, Duncan Heining has been writing about jazz for 24 years.

Si erano vestiti dalla festa

Si erano vestiti dalla festa

Roberto Bonati ParmaFrontiere Orchestra

2025-07-15

42

The Gesture Of Sound / The Gesture Of Colour

The Gesture Of Sound / The Gesture Of Colour

Roberto Bonati Chironomic Orchestra

2025-07-14

31

Band of Bands

Mike Westbrook

2024-07-23

7

Music Is: Chris Biscoe Plays Mike Westbrook

Music Is: Chris Biscoe Plays Mike Westbrook

Chris Biscoe

2023-07-24

3

A Supreme Love

Alan Skidmore

2023-07-10

7

La fòla de l’oca/Overtime

La fòla de l’oca/Overtime

Roberto Bonati + ParmaFrontiere Orchestra

2023-07-06

45

Raise Four

Dave Green Trio plus Evan Parker

2022-05-02

5

A Place That Exists

A Place That Exists

Frances Shelley

2020-08-28

9

Whirling Leaves

Whirling Leaves

Robert Bonati Chironomic Orchestra

2020-08-18

64

Donna's Secret

Issie Barratt's Interchange

2020-01-24

4

baby/people

Yana

2019-03-13

1

Ropes

Mike Walker

2019-03-12

4

The Poetry of Jazz

The Poetry of Jazz

Benjamin Boone

2018-10-27

3

Naima/Live in Berlin

Naima/Live in Berlin

Alan Skidmore

2018-08-30

4

Wodgi

Dave Holdsworth's New Brew

2018-08-04

6

In Memory of Lou Gare

In Memory of Lou Gare

Mike Westbrook & the Uncommon Orchestra featuring Lou Gare

2018-08-03

3

GRANITE

Kate Westbrook

2018-08-02

6

The Last Night At The Old Place

The Last Night At The Old Place

Mike Westbrook Concert Band

2018-08-01

4

GIO Sevens

Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra

2017-09-02

7

A Cast of Thousands

A Cast of Thousands

Raymond MacDonald & Graeme Wilson

2017-08-30

2

Morphometry

Lol Coxhill & Raymond MacDonald

2017-08-29

3

After The Rain

Alan Skidmore

2017-08-28

1

On The Radio: BBC Sessions 1971

On The Radio: BBC Sessions 1971

Neil Ardley & the New Jazz Orchestra

2017-08-27

1

Story Tellers

Martin Archer

2017-08-26

3

Popofoni

Jan Garbarek

2017-05-03

6

Then and Now

Chris Biscoe Allison Neale

2017-05-02

4

Brass Mask Live

Brass Mask Live

Tom Challenger's Brass Mask

2017-05-01

2

Nor Sea, nor Land, nor Salty Waves

Nor Sea, nor Land, nor Salty Waves

Roberto Bonati

2017-04-30

87

Fourtune

Julie Sassoon

2016-11-28

2

Nine Dances Of Patrick O’Gonogon

Nine Dances Of Patrick O’Gonogon

Keith Tippett Octet

2016-11-25

6

Escualo

Leonardo Suarez Paz and Fernando Suarez Paz

2016-11-24

4

Paris

Mike Westbrook

2016-11-23

2

Vyamanikal

Kit Downes Tom Challenger

2016-07-17

2

A Bigger Show - Live

A Bigger Show - Live

Mike Westbrook & Company

2016-02-19

4

Mujician Solo IV – Live in Piacenza

Mujician Solo IV – Live in Piacenza

Keith Tippett

2016-02-18

5

Live

Alister Spence

2016-02-17

2

Howard Riley: Lush Life

Howard Riley: Lush Life

Howard Riley
2016-01-07

5

Songs Without Words

Songs Without Words

Chris Spedding

2015-12-04

6

Abstract/Southern Horizons/Free Form

Abstract/Southern Horizons/Free Form

Joe Harriott Quintet

2015-01-28

10

Camden '70

New Jazz Orchestra

2015-01-27

6

Hum Dono

Joe Harriott-Amancio D’Silva Quartet

2015-01-26

7

Le Déjeuner Sur L’herbe

Le Déjeuner Sur L’herbe

New Jazz Orchestra

2015-01-24

7

Violinair

Luca Ciarla

2014-11-17

4

Graham Collier: Luminosity

Graham Collier: Luminosity

Graham Collier

2014-11-14

14

Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra: Artificial Life

Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra: Artificial Life

Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra

2014-11-09

10

Grand Union Orchestra: The Song of Many Tongues

Grand Union Orchestra: The Song of Many Tongues

Grand Union Orchestra

2014-11-09

5

The Quartet Album

The Quartet Album

Geoff Warren

2014-09-05

9

The Flying Pig

Stan Tracey

2013-12-09

3

Mike and Kate Westbrook: The Serpent Hit

Mike and Kate Westbrook: The Serpent Hit

Mike and Kate Westbrook

2013-11-07

4

Julie Sassoon: Land of Shadows

Julie Sassoon: Land of Shadows

Julie Sassoon

2013-11-05

5

Read more album reviews by Duncan Heining

Read "Under Review: The Not-So-Simple Art Of Book Reviewing"

Under Review: The Not-So-Simple Art Of Book Reviewing

AAJ PRO | 2025-04-25

7

Talking the Groove: Jazz Words from the Morning Star

Book Review | 2024-10-12

3

Tony Haynes Has Left Town... But What A Legacy He Leaves Behind

Profile | 2024-10-08

1

Read "George Russell Remembered"

George Russell Remembered

Big Band in the Sky | 2023-06-21

13

Read "Rhythm And Blues Records: Small But Perfectly Formed"

Rhythm And Blues Records: Small But Perfectly Formed

Record Label Profile | 2022-11-10

4

Read "Keith Tippett: 100 Best Foots Forward"

Keith Tippett: 100 Best Foots Forward

Profile | 2020-06-20

4

Read "Keith Tippett: R.I.P."

Keith Tippett: R.I.P.

Profile | 2020-06-17

6

Read "Benjamin Boone: The Poetry of Jazz and the Ghanaian Connection"

Benjamin Boone: The Poetry of Jazz and the Ghanaian Connection

Interview | 2020-06-10

4

Read "Vintage Dolphy"

Vintage Dolphy

Multiple Reviews | 2020-02-03

8

Read "The Rebel Café: Sex, Race and Politics in Cold War America's Nightclub Underground"

The Rebel Café: Sex, Race and Politics in Cold War ...

Book Review | 2020-01-27

6

Read "Pete Brown: White Rooms & Imaginary Westerns, Part 2"

Pete Brown: White Rooms & Imaginary Westerns, Part 2

Profile | 2020-01-26

3

Read "Pete Brown: White Rooms & Imaginary Westerns, Part 1"

Pete Brown: White Rooms & Imaginary Westerns, Part 1

Profile | 2020-01-25

4

Read "The Very Singular Mr. Ran Blake"

The Very Singular Mr. Ran Blake

Profile | 2020-01-23

5

Read "Issie Barratt: Every Solo Is A New Invitation"

Issie Barratt: Every Solo Is A New Invitation

Profile | 2020-01-21

3

Read "Omar Sosa: Building Bridges Not Walls"

Omar Sosa: Building Bridges Not Walls

Profile | 2019-05-02

14

Read "Poetry and Jazz: A Chronology"

Poetry and Jazz: A Chronology

Jazz Poetry | 2018-10-14

4

Read "Mosaics: The Life and Works of Graham Collier"

Mosaics: The Life and Works of Graham Collier

Book Excerpts | 2018-08-28

3

Read "Presenting Problem"

Presenting Problem

The Big Question | 2018-01-30

19

Mônica Vasconcelos: Brazil Songs of Resistance

Profile | 2017-10-03

6

Grand Union Orchestra at Wilton's Music Hall

Live Review | 2017-06-20

1

Mike Westbrook at Bury St. Edmunds Festival

Live Review | 2017-06-14

1

Read "Rock Swings"

Rock Swings

Guilty Pleasures | 2017-05-12

4

Malcolm Griffiths: A Man For All Seasons

Profile | 2017-05-04

7

Martin Speake: The Thinking Fan's Saxophonist

Profile | 2017-04-28

3

Julie Tippetts: Didn't You Used To Be Julie Driscoll?

Profile | 2016-12-07

4

London Jazz Festival 2016

Live Review | 2016-11-25

3

Read "The Blue Notes and the Brotherhood of Breath - Marching to a Different Drum"

The Blue Notes and the Brotherhood of Breath - Marching to a...

Profile | 2016-10-27

6

Roland Kirk: Here Comes The Whistleman

Profile | 2016-10-19

7

Read "The Ganelin Trio: Creative Tensions"

The Ganelin Trio: Creative Tensions

Profile | 2016-10-19

5

Read "Paul Winter Sextet: Count Me In"

Paul Winter Sextet: Count Me In

Profile | 2016-10-13

5

Read "Siena Jazz 2016"

Siena Jazz 2016

Live Review | 2016-08-12

5

Read "Matthew Crampton: Human Cargo"

Matthew Crampton: Human Cargo

Book Review | 2016-08-05

3

Fahir Atakoglu: Istanbul Blues

Profile | 2016-05-03

33

Howard Riley and Keith Tippett at Pizza Express

Live Review | 2016-03-25

1

Kit Downes and Tom Challenger: Organ Crawling

Jazzin' Around Europe | 2016-03-23

4

Roberto Bonati: Macbeth and the Whale

Profile | 2016-03-16

138

Read "Club Inégales: Where Everybody Knows Your Name..."

Club Inégales: Where Everybody Knows Your Name...

London Calling | 2016-03-13

1

Barry Guy: Back to the Drawing-Board (Part 3)

Profile | 2016-02-22

6

Barry Guy: Ploughs into Swordshares, Part 1-3

Profile | 2016-02-21

7

Barry Guy: A Prophet is Not without Honour (Part 2)

Profile | 2016-02-21

4

Read "Raymond MacDonald: Man with Two Brains"

Raymond MacDonald: Man with Two Brains

Profile | 2016-01-07

8

Read "Howard Riley: Reinventing the Jazz Piano Trio"

Howard Riley: Reinventing the Jazz Piano Trio

Multiple Reviews | 2016-01-03

2

London Jazz Festival 2015

Live Review | 2015-12-01

9

Read "Jazz Found Alive! Man In Blue Suede Shoes Wanted For Questioning."

Jazz Found Alive! Man In Blue Suede Shoes Wanted For...

Live Review | 2015-10-27

5

Libertango - The art and music of Leonardo Suarez Paz

Interview | 2015-09-03

6

A Madman’s Approach To Music And Why Can't Music Be Like A...

Profile | 2015-03-18

4

Read "Martin Speake: The Unquiet Mind"

Martin Speake: The Unquiet Mind

Multiple Reviews | 2015-01-21

6

Coleridge Goode: 100 Not Out!

Interview | 2014-12-09

11

A Celebration of Lindsay Cooper (1951-2013)

Live Review | 2014-12-04

5

South Africa at the South Bank

Live Review | 2014-11-26

4

Read more articles by Duncan Heining

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Mônica Vasconcelos: Brazil Songs of Resistance

Profile | 2017-10-03

6

Julie Tippetts: Didn't You Used To Be Julie Driscoll?

Profile | 2016-12-07

4

Kit Downes and Tom Challenger: Organ Crawling

Jazzin' Around Europe | 2016-03-23

4

Read "Poetry and Jazz: A Chronology"

Poetry and Jazz: A Chronology

Jazz Poetry | 2018-10-14

4

Graham Bond: Wading in Murky Waters

Profile | 2013-07-18

8

Read "Presenting Problem"

Presenting Problem

The Big Question | 2018-01-30

19

The Not So Strange and Bizarre Life of Mike Taylor

Profile | 2013-03-27

7

Read "Will The Real Joe Harriott Please Stand Up?"

Will The Real Joe Harriott Please Stand Up?

Profile | 2012-04-10

84

Read "Omar Sosa: Building Bridges Not Walls"

Omar Sosa: Building Bridges Not Walls

Profile | 2019-05-02

14

Roland Kirk: Here Comes The Whistleman

Profile | 2016-10-19

7

Read "Is Jazz Dead? Or Is It Just Pining for the Fjords?"

Is Jazz Dead? Or Is It Just Pining for the Fjords?

Book Review | 2012-10-05

13

Read "Mike Westbrook: Art Wolf at 75"

Mike Westbrook: Art Wolf at 75

Profile | 2011-11-07

213

Malcolm Griffiths: A Man For All Seasons

Profile | 2017-05-04

7

Martin Speake: The Thinking Fan's Saxophonist

Profile | 2017-04-28

3

Read "The Blue Notes and the Brotherhood of Breath - Marching to a Different Drum"

The Blue Notes and the Brotherhood of Breath - Marching to a Different Drum

Profile | 2016-10-27

6

Kate Westbrook: GRANITE

Extended Analysis | 2018-08-02

6

Read "In Memory of Lou Gare"

Mike Westbrook & the Uncommon Orchestra featuring Lou Gare: In Memory of Lou Gare

Extended Analysis | 2018-08-03

3

Dave Holdsworth's New Brew: Wodgi

Extended Analysis | 2018-08-04

6

Howard Riley: Live with Repertoire

Profile | 2013-12-24

7

Grand Union Orchestra: Music and Movement

Profile | 2012-04-03

110

Read "Raymond MacDonald: Man with Two Brains"

Raymond MacDonald: Man with Two Brains

Profile | 2016-01-07

8

Read "The Last Night At The Old Place"

Mike Westbrook Concert Band: The Last Night At The Old Place

Extended Analysis | 2018-08-01

4

Read "Naima/Live in Berlin"

Alan Skidmore: Naima/Live in Berlin

Extended Analysis | 2018-08-30

4

Read "George Russell: The Story of an American Composer"

George Russell: The Story of an American Composer

Book Excerpts | 2011-10-27

190

Ed Palermo: Not Only In It For The Money

Interview | 2014-03-19

7

Roberto Bonati: Macbeth and the Whale

Profile | 2016-03-16

138

Read "Le Déjeuner Sur L’herbe"

New Jazz Orchestra: Le Déjeuner Sur L’herbe

Album Review | 2015-01-24

7

Read "Hum Dono"

Joe Harriott-Amancio D’Silva Quartet: Hum Dono

Album Review | 2015-01-26

7

Read "Gareth Lockrane: Doing That Grooveyard Thing"

Gareth Lockrane: Doing That Grooveyard Thing

Profile | 2012-11-13

5

Barry Guy: A Prophet is Not without Honour (Part 2)

Profile | 2016-02-21

4

Coleridge Goode: 100 Not Out!

Interview | 2014-12-09

11

Martin Archer: Making A Difference, Doing Things Differently

Profile | 2013-07-10

4

Read "The Ganelin Trio: Creative Tensions"

The Ganelin Trio: Creative Tensions

Profile | 2016-10-19

5

Barry Guy: Back to the Drawing-Board (Part 3)

Profile | 2016-02-22

6

Read "Paul Winter Sextet: Count Me In"

Paul Winter Sextet: Count Me In

Profile | 2016-10-13

5

Read "Harold McNair: Harold McNair / Flute & Nut"

Harold McNair: Harold McNair: Harold McNair / Flute & Nut

Extended Analysis | 2012-11-01

4

Fahir Atakoglu: Istanbul Blues

Profile | 2016-05-03

33

Read "Jack Davies: Inventing Himself"

Jack Davies: Inventing Himself

Profile | 2012-08-29

5

Read "The Poetry of Jazz"

Benjamin Boone: The Poetry of Jazz

Album Review | 2018-10-27

3

Libertango - The art and music of Leonardo Suarez Paz

Interview | 2015-09-03

6

Barry Guy: Ploughs into Swordshares, Part 1-3

Profile | 2016-02-21

7

Gunter Baby Sommer: Kommeno - A Threnody

Profile | 2013-04-01

5

Read "Joe Harriott Quintet: Movement / High Spirits"

Joe Harriott Quintet: Joe Harriott Quintet: Movement / High Spirits

Extended Analysis | 2012-10-29

3

Mike Walker: Ropes

Album Review | 2019-03-12

4

Julie Sassoon: Dancing in the Shadows

Profile | 2013-11-05

6

Read "John Dankworth: What The Dickens! / Off Duty!"

John Dankworth: John Dankworth: What The Dickens! / Off Duty!

Extended Analysis | 2012-11-01

3

Trad Dads, Dirty Boppers, and Free Fusioneers: British Jazz, 1960-1975

Book Excerpts | 2013-04-07

3

A Madman’s Approach To Music And Why Can't Music Be Like A Tree?

Profile | 2015-03-18

4

Read "Mosaics: The Life and Works of Graham Collier"

Mosaics: The Life and Works of Graham Collier

Book Excerpts | 2018-08-28

3

Read "Nine Dances Of Patrick O’Gonogon"

Keith Tippett Octet: Nine Dances Of Patrick O’Gonogon

Album Review | 2016-11-25

6

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