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18 Robert GlasperTheinfluentialpianist and keyboards player takes no prisoners with new album Black Radio, tackling soul and hip hop head on. EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

FEBRUARY 2012Contents Regulars4–6NewsJazzwisetothePower of 15 Festival announced… all the early bookings for this year’s Cheltenham Jazz Festival… and all the latest news and gossip 13 The Way It Is The government needs to get a grip on funding, says Stuart Nicholson 14 Jazz On Film Mike Dibb’s latest documentary Playing Against Time 16-17 Taking Off Josh Arcoleo and Samúel Jón Samúelsson are the ones to watch 34–50 CD Reviews Over 100 CDs reviewed including albums by the Neil Cowley Trio, Robert Glasper, Matthew Bourne, Ahmad Jamal, Albert Ayler, Coleman Hawkins and many more 52 Books and DVDs 55 The Player Trumpeter Graeme Flowers 56 Instrument Reviews 58-59 Live Reviews 60–62 Gig Guide Your essential guide to the must-see gigs this month

22 Trio Libero Andy Sheppard with Michel Benita and Seb Rochford make a splash with their debut for ECM

26 Tim Berne Chamber music that you could only dream of from the cutting edge Brooklynite

28 Neil Cowley Trio The Neil Cowley Trio (below) put on their crampons for new album The Face of Mount Molehill. It’s mountaineering for jazzers, Cowley tells Selwyn Harris

30 Ahmad JamalAnextraordinary return to form by the great Pittsburgian – exclusive interview

33 Turning PointSingerGwyneth Herbert on the Janis Ian album that changed her life

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