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Russell founded the club Mopomoso with pianist and trumpeter Chris Burn. The club promoted around 300 regular monthly concerts at the Red Rose Club in London until the venue's transfer of ownership in January 2008. The club was moved to the
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Biography and discography on
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was broadcast on BBC Radio 3's Jazz on 3 on 22 February 2010.
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His feature on the late Japanese improvising guitarist,
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John Russell, jazz guitarist: Something Else! Interview
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Review of House Full of Floors by Bill Meyer in Dusted
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John Russell in "Crossing Bridges" television special
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862:"John Russell obituary"
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552:(dEN, 2012)
520:With others
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497:(psi, 2006)
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476:Evan Parker
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358:Artless Sky
341:Discography
313:Sonic Youth
296:Evan Parker
292:Phil Minton
258:Gino Robair
246:Phil Minton
230:Max Eastley
222:Lol Coxhill
954:Categories
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629:References
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226:John Coxon
218:Tania Chen
186:Keith Rowe
178:Ron Geesin
174:Fred Frith
115:1970s–2021
102:Instrument
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622:The Wire
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567:Ohrkiste
557:A Duo(s)
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364:Conceits
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