I’ve been awear of John Donaldson’s as a pianist for the better part of two decades, mostly at a distance, catching him in sideman credits and the occasional trio...
On August 28, Out Of Your Head Records releases Open Air: The Complete Saxophone Quartet Compositions of Julius Hemphill, a two-disc set led by Marty Ehrlich that brings together...
Friday again, and the new releases have dropped. Our New Jazz Releases Spotify playlist is updated each week with the tracks that have genuinely caught our attention — the ones...
Richard Spaven has spent twenty years making other people’s music groove harder, and Light of Day is the sound of him finally putting that instinct at the centre of his own...
The UK’s only festival dedicated exclusively to Polish jazz returns to London this September, and if the scale of this year’s programme is anything to go by, last...
Every so often a drummer-led record comes along that reminds you why this format still has somewhere new to go, and Terje Evensen’s Reclusive Mountain is exactly that kind...
Empirical have never been a band to stand still, but even by their own restless standards, Like Lambs: To The Slaughter is a genuine leap. I featured this band on our Autumn 2024...
Friday again, and the new releases have dropped. Our New Jazz Releases Spotify playlist is updated each week with the tracks that have genuinely caught our attention — the ones...
I first found out about this band, and this recording when drummer Max Schwarz wrote to introduce himself and the trio, telling me “We believe that our upcoming release may...
Jazz North has announced the latest round of New Northern, its promoter bursary scheme supporting live emerging talent across the north of England, and for the first time this...
