Forty years ago, JJ covered two concerts - Loose Tubes and Courtney Pine - at the Camden Jazz Week, both reflecting the ...

Fifty years ago, Michael Shera found strings of bass solos and Pedersen's compositions rather dull but seemed to miss two incandescent and redeeming bop solos on Cheryl ...

Liston-Smith's mid-70s records have become articles of faith for acid-jazzers, but 50 years ago, Roger Dean didn't get as far as musicological analysis of his latest, deeming it 'extremely monotonous' ...

(a) Baltimore To Washington; Little Black Train; (b) Who’s Going To Shoe Your Pretty Feet?; (a) Slip Knot; Poor Boy; Mean Talking Blues; (c) Stepstone (19 mins) – (b) Bed On The Floor; (b) Little ...

The rich tapestry of Bob Brookmeyer’s long and distinguished career as an instrumentalist, composer and arranger is revealed here by drummer Michael Stephans, who was a close personal friend and ...

Sixty years ago, Gerald Lascelles noted that Loussier outclassed other jazzers of the classics because he had obvious and ...

Sixty years ago, Michael Shera rated Harriot-Meyers' fusion of jazz and 'probably the most rhythmically complex' music in the ...

This is one of a series of taped interviews with musicians who are asked to give a snap opinion on a set of records played to them. Although no previous information is given as to what they are going ...

Sixty years ago, Steve Voce welcomed a recording of a British band that he remembered in a double bill with Brubeck 'carved ...

Sixty years ago, David Illingworth found Korner's latest not bad despite the forced vocals and 'white' sounding harmonica ...

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 2026. Clockwise from top left: Herbie Hanock, Ron Carter, Doreen Ketchens, Hiromi. Photos © Leon Morris The New Orleans Jazz ...

Sixty years ago, Sinclair Traill thought Hancock's Dolphin Dance showed he could write spritely as well as sad music ...