Thirty years ago Mark Gilbert found Shorter's post Weather Report fusion one-dimensional in comparison with the musical mastery of his early 60s Blue Notes ...

It’s All In Your Head One of the unintended consequences of the rise of jazz education is that as technical proficiency has generally increased it has become harder for artists to stand out. Solid ...

Stargazer Japanese labels have produced countless records that have reached only the most fanatical jazz fans in the rest of the world. Sunnyside has rescued a typical example from obscurity: pianist ...

More Than You Know After recording A Swinging Affair for Blue Note in August 1962, Dexter Gordon took off for a successful ...

Forty years ago Mark Gilbert heard in Henderson's splitting, jiving and slipping of notes a still contemporary saxophone ...

Solo III German-born alto saxophonist Nicole Johänntgen has collected over 200,000 followers on social media. That popularity ...

Thirty years ago the NY tenor man, peer to Berg, Brecker, Mintzer et al, talked about his journey through Miles Davis, Elvin Jones and Stone Alliance and back to bebop ...

December 2025, including Brandon Sanders, Woody Shaw, Gene Shelby, Wes Smith and Dave Stryker // Editor's pick: Dave Stryker ...

Jazz And Bossa Nova Lalo Schifrin (1932–2025) composed some of the most memorable film and television music of our age. A ...

Forty years ago Michael Tucker heard the 'perfect rebuttal of a recent, patronising description of ECM as "the Habitat ...

Fifty years ago Mark Gardner saw a once reliable jazz player prostrate before the temptation of 'commercial trivia' ...

Forty years ago Martin Isherwood saw the Rolling Stones drummer leading such luminaries of British jazz as Stan Tracey, Harry ...