Yet another jazz dynasty may be upon us as Bill Evans’ grandson releases a recital of Evans compositions. Evans On Evans ...
Sixty years ago Mark Gardner welcomed Mobley's new album as a hard-driving mainstream-modern antidote to the new wave. Odd ...
Nobody can accuse British jazz musicians of being unadventurous. And an unbiased listen to this recording by Bill Le Sage’s ...
Sérgio Mendes may not have been the main originator of bossa nova – one of the most innovative musical movements of the 20th ...
Seed, described by their publicist as “a dynamic group of musicians pushing the boundaries of contemporary jazz”, are to ...
As what passed for summer in the UK turns distinctly to autumn / the downpour season, the tide of jazz-related “product” ...
David Maker, one-time Jazz FM boss who rejected accusations the station had strayed beyond jazz by pointing out that even jazz fans can't agree what jazz is Jazz FM – just for London in those days ...
You’d probably have to be very keen on Nina Simone’s music to want this book, and the author is, of course, just that. He’s ...
WHAT is claimed to be the world’s first AI-generated Christmas jazz album is set for release on 14 November. At a time when so much jazz sounds reiterative, this is, perhaps, timely. The Christmas ...
Is jazz intrinsically left-wing? Judging by the JJ inbox, it’s a question that many might think doesn’t need asking. It ...
Almost a quarter of a century ago – it seems like only yesterday – I enjoyed a conversation with Joe Zawinul after a ...