Conservatives view the sixties jazz avant-garde as a dead end.
In his Imagine documentary, Alan Yentob stared at John Coltrane’s empty chair and explained his post-1965 output as a mistake caused by religion and drugs, the ungrateful Afro-American making a hat out of his invitation to the Conservatoire.
Four decades later the saxophonist Matana Roberts, in Dalston with a British trio, probes and deconstructs, bows her head to a bespoke spirituality, dovetails into moments of micro-melody, bleats bugle style like Albert Ayler, and chases the ‘trane just that little bit further on Turn It Around, presenting an unassailable case for this music as a living form.
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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John Robins, Comedian
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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World Without End, Twitter
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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