Is jazz intrinsically left-wing? Judging by the JJ inbox, it’s a question that many might think doesn’t need asking. It’s ...

As what passed for summer in the UK turns distinctly to autumn / the downpour season, the tide of jazz-related “product” ...

This two-CD set is a reissue of the original LP album, with most of CD2 containing 18 added  bonus tracks. For this ...

Almost a quarter of a century ago – it seems like only yesterday – I enjoyed a conversation with Joe Zawinul after a ...

The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions Vol. 2 (Candid Records CAN3346) Since 1991, the Mingus Big Band, formed as an ...

The Bronx-born singer who made her debut on UK label Whirlwind talks about her new album Portrait - the first she has been ...

BBC Sessions 1968-1970 (RANDB101) Once again, Nick Duckett’s RandB Records mines the rich vein of material from the BBC ...

The Rhodes electric piano, reviled by many purists, but a key new sound in jazz from the late 1960s on, is the centre of ...

The Gibson Johnny Smith that guitarist George Benson used to record his 1976 hit album Breezin’ (sales around three million) ...

Veteran British concert promoters, Serious, well known for producing the EFG London Jazz Festival, are keen to get more ...

Thomas Melia reckons British pop star Raye’s reprise of familiar blues and soul moves is 'enough to draw emotion out of even ...

In November 2024 the seemingly indefatigable saxophonist Art Themen celebrates his 85th birthday and this record marks that ...