Jazz review: Kurt Elling/Courtney Pine, QEH/Barbican, London

Four bands at the London jazz festival this week celebrated long-past works by John Coltrane, singer Johnny Hartman, Sidney Bechet and Eric Dolphy - the latter's edgy lyricism explored in fine detail by a trimmed-down, sax-and-vibes version of the much-feted newcomers Empirical. On Tuesday, Chicago singer Kurt Elling revisited the 1960s meetings of John Coltrane and singer Johnny Hartman with his familiar demonic energy - intriguing, considering he was once a divinity student. UK saxophonist Ton...

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