Val Wilmer
Issue 477
November 2023
+ The Wire Tapper 63
Essay
“A man that makes use of his hands and brain”: Val Wilmer remembers a ‘Nigerian pioneer musicologist’
June 2021
When the Nigerian saxophonist Chris Ajilo died in February he was hailed at home as a legend of Nigerian music. Here Val Wilmer fills in the details of his formative experiences in the UK’s 1950s jazz clubs and dance halls
Issue 446
April 2021
+ The Wire Tapper 55
Issue 438
August 2020
+ The Wire Tapper 53
Issue 436
June 2020
Issue 424
June 2019
Essay
Iris Bearhope Orton 1925–2019
April 2019
Val Wilmer remembers the cloaked coffee bar performer who took a new approach to poetry reading inspired by skiffle, jazz, rock ’n’ roll and the blues
Issue 412
June 2018
Book Extract
Read an extract from As Serious As Your Life by Val Wilmer
February 2018
First published in 1977, Val Wilmer’s As Serious As Your Life: Black Music And The Free Jazz Revolution, 1957–1977 will be reprinted by Serpent's Tail on 1 March
Issue 395
January 2017
On Air
Adventures In Sound And Music 12 February 2015
February 2015
Frances Morgan talks to photographer and writer Val Wilmer about her experiences interviewing jazz legends including John Coltrane
News
Val Wilmer in conversation at photography exhibition Black Chronicles II
Val Wilmer in conversation at photography exhibition Black Chronicles II
Autograph ABP gallery hosts an exhibition looking at images of the black community in 19th and early 20th century Britain
Issue 364
June 2014
Issue 363
May 2014
News
Sun Ra photos and ephemera to be exhibited in Edinburgh
Sun Ra photos and ephemera to be exhibited in Edinburgh
Backstage and concert photos by Val Wilmer and Baron Wolman on show at Sumemrhall next month.
Issue 342
August 2012
Issue 331
September 2011
Issue 249
November 2004
Issue 163
September 1997
Issue 77
July 1990
Issue 68
October 1989
Issue 62
April 1989
Issue 34/35
December 1986
Issue 25
March 1986
