All my Christmases came at once this month. I was assigned two new albums for review, they arrived in the same post earlier ...

In 2023, Swedish bassist and composer Vilhelm Bromander released his new big band’s debut album. That ensemble now takes its ...

Now in its fifth edition, the 2025 Sicilia Jazz Festival (22 June – 6 July) offers 85 concerts and involves 385 musicians, ...

Musical inspiration can strike from the most unexpected sources. For Lance Ferguson, the spark behind L’Océan De Toi came ...

Konstantin N. Rega graduated from the University of East Anglia's Writing MA with the Ink, Sweat and Tears Scholarship. Twice ...

Born in South Orange, New Jersey in 1977, drummer Jonah David was initially drawn to jazz after listening to a Preservation ...

Ralph J. Gleason (1917-1975) was a jazz journalist, prolific writer, critic, entrepreneur, political commentator and pundit ...

On his website, Los Angeles session musician Steve Gregory lists a huge number of projects he has been involved in over the ...

Michael Tucker was treated to 'the best set of free improvisation" he had heard - one that pointed up the absurd strictures of some early free-jazz doctrine - from a band featuring 'the finest British ...