In 1971 Sun Ra was appointed lecturer in the newly created Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of ...

Recorded in Dublin in July 1985, this session was first released the following year. Livia’s remastered reissue contains a 16 ...

Satoko Fujii – pianist, composer, leader of several bands and winner of several awards around the world, dubbed “The ...

Drummer Zach Adleman is a musician whose track record includes performances in the company of many music heavyweights and he ...

Hot on the heels of his trombonist brother Roland’s impressive playing on John Alvey’s recent Loft Glow comes this Jazz Music ...

Economics precipitated the end of the big-band era at least 10 years before Terry Gibbs formed his Dream Band. By the mid-50s ...

This is the 21st album by “smooth jazz artist” tenor and soprano saxophonist Richard Elliott, born in Scotland but raised in ...

Renowed trombonist Fedchock’s live recording of his tribute to J.J. Johnson’s centennial, using Johnson’s original charts, ...

Tin Pan Alley/American Songbook is as far removed from contemporary cinema as Mickey Mouse from Hannibal Lector. In the 1920s-50s, this rich source of songs and the big screen were Siamese twins. It’s ...

Immediately the music of London-based group Boom Yer reminds of those late 90s bands Jamiroquai and The Brand New Heavies so it’s no surprise that some of the musicians on show here have toured and ...

Harken! is the fourth album from Threeway, the drumless jazz trio comprising Steve Waterman (t, flh), Steve Lodder (p, org) and leader Ben Crosland (elb). It follows Conversations (2005), Songs Of The ...

Celebrating their 20th anniversary with a new album, new line-up and a documentary film created by BAFTA and Emmy award winner Julian Phillips, Ronin are also returning to Bärtsch’s own label after ...