When an album includes a selection of standards, it’s always interesting to see how they are handled and occasionally the old joke about playing all the right notes but not necessarily in the right ...

Saxophonist, flautist, composer and sometime bass-player Pete Canter made his mark on the London jazz scene in the 1980s.

If you are looking for musicians to celebrate a bassist as unmistakable and influential as Ray Brown this trio surely sits ...

For a geezer of my vintage the great and most fruitful UK jazz explosion occurred in the late 60s-early 70s, fuelled by South African expats and musicians from the West Country and then, somewhat in ...

They say : London-based alto saxophonist Donovan Haffner releases his highly anticipated debut album ‘Alleviate’, a 9-track collection of original compositions recorded with Donovan’s quintet and is a ...

Nicole Mitchell is a renowned flautist and former chair of the AACM. Ballaké Sissoko an innovative kora player from Mali. Both are esteemed composers and both have defied convention in their ...

Is “punk jazz” a thing outside of the heady world of marketing? If it is then I guess this album fits the definition if it describes music that falls outside of the contemporary jazz mainstream by ...

Portrait Of A Romantic; On Hubbard’s Hill; Not Love Perhaps; Levitation; Undernote (23.18) – The Wanderer; Roundelay; The Wizzard’s Song (19.39) John Surman (bcl/r/ss/bar/syn). Recorded Oslo, Norway, ...

Jazz Journal critics were invited to allot 100 points to 10 choices from the albums reviewed in Jazz Journal in 2018, with a maximum of 20 points per choice. After unhurried, seemly and properly ...

Italian tenor saxophonist Menzella has dedicated his new quartet CD to a musician he admired, the American saxophonist Bob Berg. The album features eight tracks, all associated with Berg and music ...

Miles Davis arrived in Paris for a tour at the end of November 1957 and whilst there, working on the music for Louis Malle’s film Ascenseur Pour L’échafaud, played at L’Olympia and at the Club St ...

Every summer in Upper Austria, a tiny village by the name of Diersbach gets into the spotlight for its wonderful jazz festival organised by trombonist Paul Zauner since 1985. There you needn’t bother ...