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Someone should write a book about this JJ shit. It’s baaaad – in the James Brown sense

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Matt Lamont

@_MattLamont

· Feb 6

Added a couple more Jazz Journals to the collection. Covers by Cal Swann.

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Jazz Journal. Britain's longest enduring jazz magazine. - Design Reviewed

Jazz Journal was first published in 1946 by Sinclair Traill, who also had some of his photographs used on the covers. The magazine is now online but remained in print for several decades, as Britai...

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‘I didn’t ask, but Sinclair ‘paid’ me with LPs of my choice each cover, plus a very handy JJ ‘Press Card’ that got me into concerts and Ronnie Scotts for free. He introduced me to Duke Ellington and many other jazzmen.’

Brad Yendle

@bradyendle

Feb 6

‘My ‘payment’ was invaluable for my personal rewards, not everything is in money, that was the smartest letter to Sinclair I ever sent anywhere.’