Pat Metheny is one of those special artists who’s live concerts are highly anticipated events whenever he comes to the UK. He ...

To The Slaughter In his note for this one Soweto Kinch highlights how he considers the long-form suite that comprises this ...

Arakatak Metropole is the long-established Netherlands juggernaut jazz orchestra and, almost by definition, a minimalist ...

Paramount Quartet Long one of my favourite saxophonists, over the years Lovano has led or appeared on many a terrific session ...

This is a book of photographs taken at the recording sessions described above (and elsewhere) during the early 1960s. Before ...

Take Twelve When writing about Lee Morgan, reference is almost always given to the influence of Clifford Brown, especially in ...

The title A to JazZ suggests comprehensive jazz coverage but the Bulgarian festival's idea of jazz eclecticism included a day of world music among jazz-referent electronica, Dee Dee Bridgewater's soul ...

Heuristics are the mental shortcuts that we use to make decisions and form judgements quickly, without the need for too much thinking. Applying the idea to music, one assumes that 27-year-old ...

It is over 20 years since I saw Stacey Kent in concert. Good, then, to be present for the first of her two evenings at The Cadogan Hall, London, as part of the Serious Summer Jazz Series 2026. With a ...

This previously unreleased concert was recorded at the Brecon Jazz Festival in Christ College Auditorium, Brecon, Wales in August 1995. It’s yet another “excavated” date by producer Zev Feldman and ...