For me this album represents an atoll of tranquillity in a sea of chaos. For though it was recorded barely one year ago as I ...

The ever-alert Norman Granz took over Billie’s (faltering) career in the 1940s, and featured her extensively in his early ...

This month’s digest starts with two excellent releases from piano-led bands. After a considerable break, Neil Cowley returns ...

Classically trained and with a lifelong interest in jazz, the versatile and experienced violinist Mathilde Febrer has worked ...

Just before signing for the prestigious Columbia Records label in 1956 the Miles Davis quintet recorded their final four LPs ...

Anyone who like me used to eagerly wait for the next Bennie Green LP to be released will love this CD by Dr. Isrea Butler.

They say : Tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson reunites with renowned poet, activist and educator Nikki Giovanni for a second ...

Calgaréal is a dynamic new Canadian cross-country collective. The project fuses together two distinct musical scenes; that of ...

Edited by David Adler – who contributes a piece of “self-confessed shameless promotion” in a prolix introduction to this ...

Michael’s upcoming release on Clonmell Jazz Social is entitled ‘Stories’, and will be his first solo guitar release. The ...

Drummer Roy Haynes died after a short illness on 12 November, 2024 in Nassau County, New York, aged 99. His career had spanned playing swing with Lester Young in the late 1940s through bebop with ...

Each time I drop into Chichester Jazz Club, I don’t know what impresses me the most: the range and overall quality of the ...