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  1. UK’s John Lewis looks to harness AI agent shopping in “difficult economy”

    By Reuters Published September 4, 2026 John Lewis, Britain’s largest employee-owned retailer, is stepping up investment in content…
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    europesays.com/britain/117785/

  2. ‘It’s the story of what happens when the music stops’: bringing tormented jazz legend Bill Evans to life
    By John Lewis

    Having directed documentaries about David Bowie, Radiohead and Joy Division, Grant Gee takes on a biopic of the turbulent and tragic American pianist

    theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/

    #Film #BillEvans #Biopics #Jazz #MilesDavis #Culture #Music #Dramafilms #TheGuardian #JohnLewis

  3. Milt Jackson, Ballads & Blues, 1956 on Atlantic

    Jackson’s most well know as the vibraphonist in the Modern Jazz Quartet but he also collaborated and recorded with many other bop musicians. Here he is joined by Lucky Thomson (sax), John Lewis (piano), Skeeter Best (guitar), Oscar Pettiford (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums), Barney Kessel (guitar), Percy Heath (bass), Lawrence Marable (drums), and Barry Gailbraith (guitar). (Lewis and Clarke had […]

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    wp.me/p4tTZ-6Fp

  4. John Lewis & Sacha Distel - Afternoon in Paris

    MJQ - Bags + Distel (Guitar) & Wilen (Sax), basically, playing a fun group of tunes. A little weird to have most of MJQ playing Bags' Groove without the titular vibes player, but it works anyway.

    Pristine Sam Records repress in the original style. Pallas did a great job…

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  5. The Modern Jazz Quartet - Concert in Japan ‘66

    This is a rare album, only issued in Japan, and only in mono (as it was recorded), 10 years after it was recorded. (Four tracks appear in the MJQ: 40 Years CD box set.)

    It's *well* worth hunting down. Here's some info/background:

    jazzhistoryonline.com/mjq-conc

    Fantastic performances all around (as you'd expect from MJQ), six weeks before Blues at Carnegie Hall.

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