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John McLaughlin: A Jazz and Rock Icon Unveiled in New Book

In the realm of British jazz and rock, few figures loom as large and influential as the electrifying guitarist, composer, and bandleader John McLaughlin. With a career spanning...

Matt Ruddick and the Funkiest Man Alive

Matt Ruddick co-founder of Kind Of Jazz and author of Funny Valentine: The Story Of Chet Baker has recently published his second book Funkiest Man Alive: Rufus Thomas and Memphis...

Willard Jenkins: Ain’t But A Few of Us

Willard Jenkins biography describes him as ‘consultant, arts administrator, artistic director, writer, journalist, broadcaster, educator and oral historian’. This doesn’t...