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Dec 09/Jan 10 Contents

Regulars 4-8 NewsPolar Bear unveil new album… Gwilym Simcock begins Soho jazz club residency… Dan Berglund of EST tours new group… and all the latest news and gossip from the world of jazz

12 The Way it isThe BBC needs to rethink its attitude to jazz and stop merely chasing ratings, says Stuart Nicholson

18 Jazz on filmKitchen sink drama Look Back In Anger is this month’s choice

20-21 Taking offSinger Gretchen Parlato and pianist Gerald Clayton are the ones to watch

38 Turning PointKeith Tippett on the surprising track that changed his life

40-58 CD reviews 60 Books and DVDs 63 The PlayerJay Phelps on his favourite trumpets

64 Instrument reviewsAll the latest instrument reviews and news

66-67 Live reviews 68-70 Gig guideYour guide to the must-see gigs

72 SubscriptionsSave money and grab a free Partisans Babel CD

74 LettersWrite in – have your say

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Features 16 Albums of theYearThe votes are in: all the top new releases and reissues of 2009

22 John Coltrane Giant Steps, John Coltrane’s groundbreaking album was released 50 years ago. Stuart Nicholson tells the story of the momentous album and surveys the extraordinary impact it has had on generations of jazz musicians and fans

28 Jason Yarde and Andrew McCormackEagerly awaited debut album from the dynamic improvising duo

30 Cecil TaylorAn outspoken rare interview with the great free jazz pioneer

34 OuthouseThe London quartet get even deeper into Wolof culture with their second album

36 trioVDValentine’s day will never be the same again