Harry Beckett: Maxine – review

(ITM)When Harry Beckett, the fine Barbadian trumpeter, died in July, the UK lost one of its most instantly recognisable jazz soloists. In his last years, Beckett had collaborated with pop producers and explored unfamiliar formats for improvisation, but these sessions from the late 1980s and early 90s are unabashedly jazzy. As befits a man of his stature (he was a co-founder of the Jazz Warriors), Beckett often found himself in the classiest company. This charisma is confirmed here by lineups in...

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