Maurice George is glad to see John Fordham’s photo after collecting every one of his jazz reviews for a decade or moreThank you for publishing John Fordham’s photo at last (Sparks fly as Europeans reinvent the jazz age, 14 November). He’s one of the most perceptive reviewers at the Guardian and yet he gets so little space for his jazz pieces. His choice of sharp phrases is most refreshing: “the cauldron of jazz”, “eerie ghost dance”, “desolate long tones”, “multiple virtuosic limbs”, “falsetto choral purity”. Whenever I feel like a reviving dose of jazz, my album offers a vast number of choices. Maurice GeorgeOrmskirk, Lancashire• Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com• Read more Guardian letters – click here to visit gu.com/letters

Source: The Guardian November 20, 2017 19:07 UTC