London-based US saxophonist Jean Toussaint releases his new album, Live at the Jazz Café, on Lyte Records on 11 October to coincide with the 100th birthday of iconic hard bop drummer Art Blakey.
Camden’s Jazz Cafe will host the fiery freeflowing spiritual jazz of the Sun Ra Arkestra, under the inspirational leadership of the 95-year-old Marshall Allen, when the group appear there for two...
One of the all-time giants of the jazz, rock and world music drumming world, Peter ‘Ginger’ Baker died on Sunday 6 October, aged 80, following a period in hospital intensive care.
The lute legend performs an inspired evening of music with his trio at top London venue
Despatches from Peckham's newest jam session
Debra Richards spills the beans on Trio Heinz Herbert and others appearing at Bimhuis bash
The best known and most popular jazz artist of all time, often referred to as The First...
Kurt Elling's baritone is capable of great power, and his approach to scat singing often...
Courtney Pine became one of the key standard-bearers of British jazz in the ‘80s, and,...
Bassist Dave Holland has played with everone from Miles Davis to Thelonious Monk in an...
A completely unique pianist and composer, Thelonious Monk was born 102 years ago, in October 1917.
Our pick of the best new releases and reissues reviewed in the September 2019 issue of Jazzwise....
From the wild, small-group jazz of Jelly Roll Morton and Bud Freeman to the birth of big bands and...
Hard bop emerged in the 1950s, spearheaded by the likes of Horace Silver, Clifford Brown, Art...
The new Commercial trumpet from Yamaha is a very traditional looking instrument that’s solidly built...
The Cornwall based Protection Racket, who’ve built a considerable reputation as one of the world’s...
Back in our May 2017 issue we reviewed the D’Addario Select Jazz mouthpiece for the tenor sax, which...
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