Jazz Articles about Saul Duff

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Awen Ensemble: Cadair Idris

by Chris May
April 14, 2024

Here in Britain, jazz and folk music intersections have a long history. Putting aside the US-centric fusions of the trad bands of the 1950s, as exemplified by the Chris Barber Band's blend of New Orleans jazz and Depression-era folksongs, the movement really kicked off in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Husband and wife team John and Beverley Martyn's Road To Ruin (Island, 1970), featuring South African alto saxophonist Dudu Pukwana among other jazz musicians, remains a classic of its ...