BrainCan - jazz

sonny rollins spent a mythical night at the...

One of the greatest jazz albums ever made was recorded 60 years ago nowadays. It's A Night at...

antonio sanchez brings electronics and politics to...

Antonio Sánchez,the virtuoso drummer and composer, can often be found on tour — tending rhythmic...

by any name, alice coltrane turiyasangitananda was...

The music of the late Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda,the wife of the jazz giant John Coltrane,...

first listen: lizz wright, grace

One of my favorite courses in grad school was "Theology and the Body." We spent the better part of a...

grady tate, prodigious jazz drummer and noted...

Grady Tate,a crisp, swinging drummer who also enjoyed crossover success as a vocalist in a prolific...

after midnight: thelonious monk at 100

He was called "the high priest of bebop." With his goatee,unlit sunglasses and exotic hats,...

first listen: gregory porter, nat king cole me

What kind of man is Gregory Porter? As it happens,he's already told us himself. "I'm a...

first listen: orquesta akokan, orquesta akokan

I am not ashamed to admit it: I was overcome with emotion a few moments after entering Areito...

the erroll garner jazz project restores a profound...

In 1955,jazz pianist Erroll Garner played a concert in Carmel, Calif. When his manager spotted a...

jazz community unites to support puerto rico...

Miguel Zenón was 12 when he first experienced the devastation of a major hurricane in his...

songs we love: terence blanchard, dear jimi (feat....

Terence Blanchard has always been drawn to a form of lyricism that runs burnished and bittersweet....

first listen: julian lage, modern lore

Julian Lage is the sort of musician who makes every gesture feel both easeful and fundamental. A...

arturo o farrill quintet review - exhilarating...

Ronnie Scott’s,LondonHooting and slewing between pan-Latin fusion, American hard bop, or swing and...

songs we love: nubya garcia, when we are

When a jazz musician mentions "the club," you can usually infer that she's referring to a jazz...

first listen: alfredo rodriguez, the little dream

Alfredo Rodríguez is a figurehead of the recent generation of Cuban jazz musicians who observe and...

the british jazz explosion: meet the musicians...

The UK is home to a diverse,collaborative and newly confident jazz scene. We meet seven musicians...

songs we love: jose james, better off dead

José James,the eclectic, groove-minded jazz singer, or has made no secret of his fondness for Bill...

colin towns mask orchestra review - action packed...

LSO St Luke’s,LondonPinballing from improvised free jazz stampedes to subtle composed theatre...

carla bley trio review - distilled, playful,...

Ronnie Scott’s,LondonThe considerable composer/pianist was on memorable form on the European leg...

hermeto pascoal review - brazilians 80th birthday...

Barbican,LondonHermeto Pascoal throws everything into his party – from kettles to bird-squawks –...

ralph alessi quartet - jazz of fine details and...

Pizza Express Jazz Club,London[br]The uber-icy quartet’s inner heat was unmissable in this razor...

sean foran review - classy quintet deliver full...

Pizza Express Jazz Club,LondonThe Brisbane-based pianist gave his imaginative British partners –...

ryan quigley quintet review - hard bop recharged...

Pizza Express Jazz Club,LondonThe rapport between the Derry-born jazz trumpeter and his...

wayne shorter: artist in residence at the detroit...

Wayne Shorter didn't release any new music in 2017. But that's not to say the eminent...

mingus big band review - charismatic,...

Ronnie Scott’s,LondonThe late composer’s works remain powerful and capricious in the hands of...

david virelles review - crackling and throbbing...

Kings station,London[br]An engrossing mix of rhythmic ambiguity, impassioned themes and frenzied, or...

erik truffaz quartet review - the trumpeters set...

Ronnie Scott’s,Londonfresh drummer Arthur Hnatek helps inspire a gripping rhythmic interchange...

chihiro yamanaka review - effortless virtuosity...

Ronnie Scott’s,LondonThe delighted elan of Yamanaka’s straightahead classic-jazz piano recalls...

esperanza spalding: emily s d evolution review -...

(harmony) When bassist and singer-songwriter Esperanza Spalding played this music – from her most...

ray warleigh obituary

Saxophonist,flautist and composer who played with some of the great names of musicFor almost the...

marcin wasilewski helen sung review - blistering...

Milton Court,Barbican, London[br]Wasilewski’s set showcased the shifting tide of his lyrical...

loose tubes review euphorically original, full...

Ronnie Scott’s,London After a halting start, the influential enormous band – back with a new...

jazz night in america remembers artists we lost in...

Every year around this time,the jazz community takes the measure of its highlights and luminous...

allen toussaint: american tunes review - a look...

(Nonesuch) Like the great novel Orleans singer-songwriter Allen Toussaints 2009 album The knowing...

logan richardson review free jazz, contemporary...

Pizza Express Jazz Club,LondonThe rising star couples a warmly lyrical saxophone tone to an...

london jazz festival: james farm vula viel aacm...

Various venuesUS super-quartet James Farm deliver a thrilling performance filled with virtuosic...

huw v williams: hon review - swaggering,...

(Chaos Collective) Huw V Williams,a young Welsh double bassist and composer, has written a...

maria schneider orchestra review - music borne on...

Cadogan Hall,LondonFrom rural to ethereal, the noteworthy jazz composer and her band evoked the...

camilla george andrew mccormack review - the funk...

Ronnie Scott’s,London[br]George’s bittersweet sax and McCormack’s muscular piano set up this...

shez raja review - inventive bassist gives jazz...

Pizza Express Jazz Club,LondonRaja turned Indo-jazz on its head with everything from funky bass to...

henry threadgill on his pulitzer prize win for...

The great jazz musician talks about his surprise at taking the prize,what it means to win, and why...

blindspot by vijay iyer and teju cole review...

The Met Breuer,New YorkOn Sunday, as the audience discussed the violence at the Trump rally, and...

wayne shorter jlco review - bravura and cool as...

Barbican,LondonWynton Marsaliss 15-piece Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra did a good job of keeping...

nysq: power of 10 review - old jazz remade with...

(Whirlwind)NYSQ are the unusual York Standards Quartet – a group of American virtuosi who can...

chick corea and the vigil review - a captivating...

Ronnie Scott’s,London[br]One of jazz’s most inventive piano improvisers jacks up the excitement...

bill frisell: music for strings review - a unique...

Ronnie Scott’s,LondonThe jazz guitarist took his string quartet on an intuitive musical journey...

cecil taylor review - double helping of magic...

Whitney Museum,New YorkAt the opening of a gallery demonstrate devoted to his work, the 87-year-old...

what to watch at new yorks winter jazzfest 2016

If you’ve enjoyed the recent albums by David Bowie and Kendrick Lamar,there’s a lot to get into...

diana krall review - intimately affecting and...

Royal Albert corridor,LondonThe singer might not believe been at her most assured, but a palpable...

keely smith obituary

American singer who,with her husband Louis Prima, was portion of the most successful Las Vegas...

is jazz entering a new golden age?

It’s been sidelined for decades,but now the genre is in the highlight thanks to endorsements by...

nysq: power of 10 review - bright and resourceful...

(Whirlwind)The band’s full name is the New York Standards Quartet,and its speciality is making old...

barry greens new york trio review - a discreet,...

Vortex,LondonJazz pianist Barry Green enlists drummer Gerald Cleaver and saxophonist Chris Cheek to...

phronesis review - theyre a killer live band

Cadogan corridor,London[br]Tight, eloquent (expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively) and...

henri texier: dakota mab review - double bass...

(Intuition) French double-bass master Henri Texier has partnered some of the greatest of jazz...

chick corea bela fleck: two review - piano and...

(harmony)Chick Corea,the still-effervescent jazz piano star, continues to tour the UK with his...

adam baldych and helge lien trio: bridges review -...

(ACT)Think of jazz violin and one recalls sprightly swing fiddlers such as Joe Venuti or Stephane...

derrick hodge: the second review - rhyhmically...

(Blue Note)Philly-born virtuoso Derrick Hodge has long been recognised as a bass sideman of rare...

ingrid jensen engines orchestra review - an...

Ronnie Scott’s,LondonThe jazz trumpeter wound up her UK tour as the soloist in Phil Meadows’...

vasil hadžimanov david binney: alive review -...

(Moonjune)Serbian keyboardist and composer Vasil Hadžimanov is not widely known external eastern...

hannes riepler chris cheek: wild life review - a...

(Jellymould)This meeting of London-resident Austrian guitarist Hannes Riepler with modern York...

mark murphy obituary

Innovative and influential US jazz vocalistThe American jazz vocalist imprint Murphy,who has died...

fred hersch: solo review - razor sharp yet amiable...

(Palmetto)Fred Hersch,the American one-man piano orchestra, is 60 this month. Prominent in the...

jim mullen and rob luft review - bluesy rebirth of...

Vortex Jazz Club,LondonBreezy improv from Luft – nearly 50 years younger than fellow guitarist...

the new cool: how kamasi, kendrick and co gave...

A generation of jazz musicians has grown up with hip-hop in its blood. The result is the thrilling...

monocled man: we drift meridian review - a...

(Whirlwind)The moment album from versatile Jamie Cullum trumpeter and arranger Rory Simmons’s...

per oddvar johansen: let s dance review -...

(Edition)Per Oddvar Johansen is the widely respected Norwegian percussionist whose sensitivity to...

john chilton obituary

Jazz trumpeter,music historian and leader of the Feetwarmers, the band that accompanied the...

kurt elling review - he reinvents songs with his...

Cadogan Hall,London Kurt Elling’s four-octave vocal range and easy-swinging style makes him a kind...

erroll garner: the complete concert by the sea...

(Sony/Columbia Legacy)Anyone who caught British pianist Neil Cowley’s tribute to the late Dudley...

muhal richard abrams obituary

Innovative American jazz pianist,clarinettist and composer who co-founded the Association for the...

cannonball adderley quintet: complete 1961 62...

(Phono)For all that his sound reflected church music,black soul and blues roots in almost every turn...

manu katche: unstatic review - warm and inviting...

(Anteprima) modern musicians don’t come much more graceful in sound or execution than Manu...

empirical django bates evan parker review -...

Cockpit theatre,LondonRadio presenter Jez Nelson’s final BBC recording brought out a fizzy lineup...

michael formanek ensemble kolossus: the distance...

(ECM)American bassist and composer Michael Formanek worked with jazz names as notorious as Joe...

mike westbrook and the uncommon orchestra: a...

(Westbrook Records)Mike Westbrook will be 80 later this month,was justly hailed as a game-changer in...

solveig slettahjell: trail of souls review - full...

(ACT)Norwegian star Solveig Slettahjell,a vocalist with an uncanny gift for singing in a luminous...

nardeydeys shirley tetteh: i was so into jazz, i...

The guitarist has already made fairly an impact on London’s young jazz scene,but 2019 will see her...

louis hayes celebrates his 80th birthday in a...

Louis Hayes spent his youth creating the pulse of tough-bop,as a top-shelf drummer with artists like...

makoto ozone on piano jazz

In 1984,when pianist Makoto Ozone was Marian McPartland's guest for the first time, he had...

hans ek royal stockholm phil: est symphony review...

(ACT)Esbjörn Svensson,the Swedish original who consistently turned crossovers between jazz, pop and...

laura jurd dinosaur: together, as one review -...

(Edition)Imagine the impressionistic electric-jazz moodiness and glistening keyboard textures of...

various artists: northern edition, curated by...

(Edition) Jazz and contemporary music from Europe’s northern climes have often been saddled with...

patrick cornelius: while we re still young review...

(Whirlwind)New York alto saxist Patrick Cornelius doesn’t rip up the jazz guidebook,but whether...

derek nash acoustic quartet: you ve got to dig it...

(Jazzizit)If you’ve heard Jools Holland’s Rhythm & Blues Orchestra,you’ll have heard Derek...

tigran hamasyan yerevan state choir review - a...

Union Chapel,London[br]The Armenian jazz pianist’s brilliant performance with members of the...

bootsy collins on world cafe

In this session,we've got Bootsy in the house, baby! Bootsy Collins has a new album, and his...

dave shepherd obituary

One of Britain’s finest jazz clarinettists inspired by his hero Benny GoodmanThe jazz clarinettist...

madeleine peyroux: secular hymns review - intimate...

(Impulse)As Madeleine Peyroux has made plain in recent years,small venues feel most like domestic to...

henrik jensen s followed by thirteen: blackwater...

(Jellymould)Danish bassist Henrik Jensen is a former Royal Academy student who formed this quartet...

the claudia quintet: super petite review -...

(Cuneiform)American crossover drummer/composer John Hollenbeck and his ingenious Claudia Quintet...

cyrus chestnut nikki yeoh review - playful piano...

Ronnie Scott’s,LondonThe American and British jazz musicians kicked off the International Piano...

kate williams: four plus three review - jazz...

(KW Jazz) Jazz with classical strings goes back a century,but the satan has been in the detail of...

john laws new congregation review - gifted jazz...

Pizza Express Jazz Club,LondonThe British pianist’s impeccably reshaped group is more...

ran blake: chabrol noir review - flinty, romantic...

(Impulse)Insiders are always hearing Art Tatum’s legacy in the sound of Oscar Peterson,or Bill...

paul bley obituary

Adventurous pianist who participated in some of the pivotal groups of modern jazzIf jazz is a music...

oslo jazz band review - the perfect antidote to...

Ronnie Scott’s,LondonNorway’s minimalist jazz reserve takes an elegant swerve into snow-swept...

marco marconi trio review - smooth jazz with just...

Vortex,LondonClassically trained and cinematically inspired, Marconi leads his band in a set of...

anthony de mare: liaisons - reimagining sondheim...

(ECM New Series) Related: Lady Gaga Oscars performance a 'travesty',says Stephen Sondheim...

oscar peterson: exclusively for my friends review...

(MPS)This is the Christmas present for fans of Oscar Peterson,the jazz piano virtuoso who died in...

sunny murray obituary

Free-thinking jazz drummer described as ‘a conductor of energies’Steering a number of people...

joyce dicamillo on piano jazz

For more than 30 years,pianist and composer Joyce DiCamillo has led her own trio, which critics hail...

neil cowley trio: spacebound apes review - laid...

(shroud Inside)The pop-aware UK jazz pianist Neil Cowley – frequently a thinker outside boxes –...

pete hurt: a new start review - a welcome return

(Trio)The British saxophonist and composer Pete pain has a low public profile,but a big one with his...

kandace springs: soul eyes review - acoustic move...

(Blue Note)With a scramble to Blue Note,a simple acoustic-jazz format, the guiding hand of Madeleine...

love supreme festival review - grace jones and...

Glynde,East Sussex An incendiary mix of talents, from Laura Mvula and Kandace Springs to Brad...

pat metheny: the unity sessions review - old gems...

(Nonesuch)This successor to the Grammy-winning Kin – styled as Kin (←→) – was recorded last...

phronesis: parallax review - jazz wizardry played...

(Edition) The chemistry joining pianist Ivo Neame – with his Django Batesian rhythm-swaps hitched...

anat fort and gianluigi trovesi: birdwatching...

(ECM) Anat Fort is an Israeli jazz pianist with a Jarrett-inspired touch and phrasing,and a composer...

the secret life of organs review - a night...

Union Chapel,LondonContemporary compositions and improvised jazz celebrate the sonorities of the...

jazz at berlin philharmonic v: lost hero - tears...

(Act)Like Pat Metheny,the late pianist and composer Esbjörn Svensson became one of jazz’s scarce...

john mclaughlin and the 4th dimension: black light...

(summary Logix)They’re calling this latest album by the implausibly youthful 73-year-extinct...

michael wollny: nachtfahrten review - melancholy...

(ACT)The imaginative and fluently skilful German pianist Michael Wollny covered music by Alban...

marcus miller review - slow burning sonic tales...

Barbican,LondonUsing his bass like a lead guitar, Miller enjoins solos, and talking congas and a...

liane carroll: seaside review - in her element in...

(Linn) The perhaps unpromising understanding of this casually expressive,unblinkingly honest, and...

john taylor: 2081 review - superb soul jazz album...

(Cam Jazz)After an LP of duets,this is the moment posthumous release from the much British pianist...

the impossible gentleman: lets get deluxe review...

(Basho)The Impossible Gentlemen,joining UK piano star Gwilym Simcock and gifted Manchester guitarist...

michel petrucianni: both worlds live review...

(Dreyfus)Michel Petrucianni was the brilliant French jazz pianist who resisted brittle bone disease...

avishai cohen: into the silence review -...

(ECM)There are two Israeli Avishai Cohens on the jazz circuit – the famous bass-playing...

letters: john chilton obituary

John Childerhouse writes: In the late 1950s as secretary of the sixth-form society of the boys’...

kenny barron trio: book of intuition review -...

(Impulse/Universal) Kenny Barron,the 72-year-veteran Philadelphia-born virtuoso, is the kind of jazz...

barnes o higgins and the sax section: oh gee!...

(Woodville)Take the five saxophones (two altos,two tenors, one baritone) from the standard tall...

perez, patitucci and blade: children of the light...

(Mack Avenue) Some of this music was previewed during the London visit of sax giant Wayne...

a great night in harlem review - ramshackle keith...

Apollo theater,New York ‘I’m all for improvisation, you know me’ offers the Rolling Stone, or...

julian arguelles: tetra review - full of jazz and...

(Whirlwind) This is saxophonist,composer and Loose Tubes alumnus Julian Argüelles’s second...

cecile mclorin salvant: for one to love review -...

(Mack Avenue)At only 25,this half-Haitian, half-Guadeloupean vocalist is winning every jazz award...

kamasi washington: harmony of difference review -...

(Young Turks)Credited with making jazz wintry again,Kamasi Washington’s cosmic clout is...

the sound of avant garde jazz: stream 35 hours of...

Jazz has become institutionalized,for both expedient and ill. On the upside, it has found a...

robert glasper experiment: art science review -...

(Blue Note)With final year’s Covered,free-thinking idiom-bender Robert Glasper imaginatively used...

pierre favre drumsights: now review - remarkable...

(Intakt)Antonio Sanchez’ acclaimed drum score for final year’s Birdman movie has alerted a wider...

steps ahead review - scintillating, vividly...

Ronnie Scott’s,LondonMike Mainieri and Eliane Elias relished revisiting their 34-year-passe...

jacob collier: in my room review - dazzling...

(Qwest/Membran) The playful,geekily ingenious multi-skilled Londoner Jacob Collier began dazzling...

alex webb the copasetics: call me lucky review -...

(Splash Point)Pianist,composer, arranger, and teacher and cabaret-creator Alex Webb is one of the...

tom bancroft and trio red: lucid dreamers review -...

(Interupto)Drummer,composer and all-round Scottish-music enabler Tom Bancroft unveiled Trio Red with...

zhenya strigalev: never group review - hip jazz...

(Whirlwind)The latest transatlantic hookup initiated by London-based Russian saxophonist Zhenya...

dave holland trio review - blues fuelled inferno...

Ronnie Scott’s,LondonBass, guitar and drums smoulder and ignite during the bandleader’s flying...

dr lonnie smith: evolution review - aptly named...

(Blue Note)Dr Lonnie Smith became a distinctively thoughtful kind of Hammond organist in the wake of...

gerard presencer: groove travels review - a...

Presencer dazzles in a showcase likely to please vintage jazz fans with its glossy and seductive...

london jazz festival: kamasi washington gogo...

Barbican,LondonUS extroversion and swagger meet geeky British reserve in an absorbing double bill of...

valdes lovano review - intricate contemporary jazz...

Ronnie Scotts,LondonJoe Lovano and Chucho Valdés teamed up to find dazzling invention and lyricism...

andrew cyrille quartet: the declaration of musical...

(ECM)Andrew Cyrille is known as (to use a quaintly faded-fashioned term) an “avant-garde”...

sylvie courvoisier, mark feldman, evan parker,...

(Intakt)The partnership of Swiss pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and American violinist Mark Feldman has...

bill evans trio: some other time review -...

(Resonance)This enthralling session by the late Bill Evans (a crucial pianistic influence on stars...

michael wollny trio: klangspuren: collector s...

(ACT) Much of this double album is a live rerun (on a 2015 CD and a DVD from 2014) of German pianist...

ernestine anderson obituary

American jazz and blues singer with a voice like ‘honey at dusk’The jazz and blues vocalist...

empirical: connection review - uninhibited freedom...

(Cuneiform) Mobo winners Empirical continue on the upward path their first lineup embarked on eight...

vijay iyer wadada leo smith: a cosmic rhythm with...

(ECM) In his eighth decade,the pioneering US trumpeter/composer Wadada Leo Smith is stepping even...

tord gustavsen simin tander jarle vespestad: what...

(ECM)Tord Gustavsen,the lyrical and scholarly Oslo-born pianist, got mammoth with a blend of pensive...

yarde hawkins mitchener review - sonic richness...

Vortex,LondonJason Yarde’s hardware-assisted solo set was graceful and impetuous, while Alexander...

tipping point: the earthworm s eye view review -...

(Lamplight Social)whether the one-touch hipness of the mid-60s Miles Davis band and the methods of a...

heads of state: search for peace review - mind...

(Smoke Sessions)When four such canny veterans as these gather together,the occasion has a certain...

crooner, inspiration, father i never had: gregory...

Hotels turned him away,his neighbours tried to drive him out – and the KKK placed a burning cross...

arild andersen: the rose window - live at theater...

(Intuition/European Jazz Legends)Norwegian double-bassist Arild Andersen’s sound – a blend of...

richard bona review - cuban african fusion hits a...

Ronnie Scott’s,LondonThe world music vocalist reveals his remarkable singing skills in an evening...

gogo penguin review - rhapsodic themes and driving...

Koko,London The former Mercury contenders’ looping hooks and bass drones are an clever twist in...

the comet is coming: how the sons of sun ra are...

The London-based three-piece are the latest band to channel the late musician’s cosmic psych-jazz....

barack obama to host international jazz day...

Herbie Hancock,Aretha Franklin and Sting among dozens of stars lined up for celebration at the...

sam crockatt quartet: mells bells review - hooky...

(Whirlwind)Tenor saxophonist and composer Sam Crockatt’s bands hold a certain-footed spontaneity...

lionel loueke: gaia review - world, jazz and rock...

(Blue Note)Benin-raised guitarist Lionel Loueke’s 2008 Blue Note debut album,Karibu, sounded...

oscar peterson: exclusively for my friends review...

(MPS)Autumn seems now to be box set time in the jazz commerce,and this is one of the most lavish so...

let spin: let go review - colourful taster of a...

(Efpi)Let Spin are the tight British punk-jazz quartet formed in 2012 by Led Bib saxophonist Chris...

pat metheny, jan garbarek and others: hommage a...

(ECM) When these 75th-birthday concerts for the pioneering German bassist/composer Eberhard Weber...

get the blessing: astronautilus review - gleefully...

(Naim)One of several British jazz bands initially inspired by the primal jazz-punk of Ornette...

ellyn rucker on piano jazz

Ellyn Rucker's light,sensual vocals and smooth, swinging piano produce a wonderfully intriguing...

chet baker: live in london review - compelling...

(Ubuntu Music) Related: Born to Be Blue: Ethan Hawke on the expeditiously life and mysterious death...

oscar pettiford jan johansson: in denmark 1959 60...

(Stunt Records)This delightful gem from the archives captures some illuminating encounters between...

michel camilo tomatito: spain forever review -...

(Decca)Anyone who has every witnessed the torrential solo performances of Dominican Republic piano...

andrew cyrille quartet: the declaration of musical...

(ECM)A portentous title for an unself-consciously inquisitive,selflessly collective quartet...

john scofield: country for old men review - jazz...

(Impulse!)Following final year’s Grammy-winning Past Present,the improvisationally wily but...

hamasyan henriksen aarset bang: atmospheres review...

(ECM)As the charismatic young Armenian-American pianist Tigran Hamasyan made plain from the...

pete hurt jazz orchestra: a new start review -...

(Trio)A valued but low-profile saxophonist in a long series of high-profile bands,Pete distress has...

peter erskine trio: as it was review - a look back...

(ECM)When the British pianist and composer John Taylor died suddenly final year,his 1990s work in a...

tim berne steve byram: spare review - torrential...

(Screwgun)Tim Berne’s avant-jazz – a sound like a roomful of simultaneous conversations –...

stan getz: moments in time review - a unique...

(Resonance)Poetic swing-era saxophonist Stan Getz,a genius with a tone soft enough to make purring...

charles lloyd the marvels: i long to see you...

(Blue Note)Charles Lloyd’s second album for Blue Note features the ascetically passionate sax star...

me and the muse: kamasi washington on his sources...

The jazz saxophonist and Kendrick Lamar collaborator on the creative fuel behind his epic musicThe...

esperanza spalding review - thrilling, virtuosic,...

Shepherd’s Bush Empire,LondonCombining pop songs with poetry, narrative and performance art, and...

don rendell obituary

Saxophonist who established a place among the premier British jazz modernistsThe outstanding...

philip clouts quartet: umoya review - light...

(Odradek) Philip Clouts is the UK-resident Cape Town pianist who helped found the African-infused...

sons of kemet: lest we forget what we came here to...

(Naim)Mobo jazz award winners Sons of Kemet’s follow-up to their 2013 debut album,Burn, features a...

philip catherine: the string project live in...

(ACT)Some jazz people take fright at the very mention of strings,fearing the dreaded “easy...

siggi loch: a life in the spirit of jazz review -...

(ACT) Siggi Loch,the founder of Germany’s influential ACT label, turned 75 last month, or this...

alex munks flying machines: flying machines review...

(Pictor)This British quartet was formed in 2014 by young guitarist Alex Munk,a fan of the gritty,...

ala.ni: you i review - beguiling songs of doomed...

(No Format)It’s hard to topple for a new artist whose fracture came courtesy of that bastion of...

jason rebello: held review - veteran pianist...

(Edition)Pianist Jason Rebello’s years with Sting and Jeff Beck were sometimes portrayed as a...

gogo penguin: man made object review - club ready...

(Blue Note)Though 2014 Mercury Prize contenders GoGo Penguin are a jazz-schooled trio who now record...

georgia mancio: live at revoice! review - classy,...

(Room Spin)Georgia Mancio is a coolly expressive jazz singer with a refined technique who cherishes...

terri lyne carrington: the mosaic project: love...

(harmony)American drummer Terri Lyne Carrington won a Grammy in 2011 for the Mosaic Project,an...

georgie fame: swan songs review - a sparkling...

(Three Line Whip)As the title suggests,this is Georgie Fame’s final album. It’s so full of life,...

food: this is not a miracle review - tasty grooves

(ECM)Food formed in the late 1990s,with Loose Tubes saxophonist Iain Ballamy, drummer Thomas...

håkon kornstad: tenor battle review - opera meets...

(Jazzland)Some jazz-improv hawks demonise opera as the robber baron of music funding,but Håkon...

the new jazz age: new york citys jazz venue...

Indie clubs are being pushed to the margins of the city due to gentrification,but in the heart of...

john scofield: past present review - warm revival...

(Impulse!) With his debut for the historic Impulse! label,John Scofield – a jazz guitarist long...

bruno heinen and kristian borring: postcard to...

(Babel)Since his early death in 1980,the pianist Bill Evans has inspired dozens of tribute albums,...

don pullen on piano jazz

Pianist Don Pullen (1941–1995) was known for his melodic brilliance,swirling chords and...

youn sun nah review - koreas shy vocal giant...

Union Chapel,LondonThe power of the singer’s performance – fusing traditional melodies, Latin...

joe stilgoe: songs on film: the sequel review ...

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