I first heard a large proportion of my all-time favourite British/Britain-based jazz musicians, live or on record, when they ...

George Shearing (eventually Sir George) was one of the first British jazz musicians to make a significant mark on the US ...

Co-authors Barnett Singer (professor emeritus of history at Brock University, Ontario) and Jesse Read (professor emeritus and former director of the School of Music at the University of British ...

Thirty years ago, Simon Adams heard some excellent playing in Winter Truce - when the clutter and chaos cleared for long ...

Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert thought that among a trio of Mainieri issues, his skilful jazz adaptations of American ...

Thirty years ago, faced with a particularly constrained repertoire session, Michael Tucker asked 'Just how many Keith Jarrett ...

October 2025, including Theorem of Joy, Aretha Tillotson, Toftemark/Benack III Quintet, Jordan Williams and Kai Winding // ...

October 2025, including Keith Oxman, Nigel Price, Doug Raney, Emma Rawicz and Redtenbacher's Funkestra // Editor's pick: ...

October 2025, including Brandon Sanders, John Scofield, Mark Sherman and Martial Solal & Eric Le Lann // Editor's pick: ...

Forty years ago, Simon Adams thought that although Jarrett's return to standards might suggest a retreat there was no ...

Fifty years ago, Barry McRae admired Coltrane's elegant writing but found no jazz, a dated style and fussy, romantic piano ...

Fifty years ago, Mark Gardner thanked Peter Ind for capturing 'the astonishing, agile extemporisations' of Warne Marsh at a ...