Jazz FM Awards Back In May
- Thursday, February 20, 2020
The Jazz FM Awards will return for the seventh time with a glittering ceremony at Shoreditch Town Hall in London on 27 May
News
Shabaka Hutchings shapes North-South OneFest programme
- Wednesday, February 19, 2020
The ubiquitous Comet is Coming/Sons of Kemet saxophonist is hoping to bridge the ‘North-South divide’ and bring music business education to young people with a ‘twin city’ festival in London and...
Jon Christensen (1943 – 2020)
- Tuesday, February 18, 2020
One of the great drummers of modern jazz and improvisation has died aged 76
Reviews
Cole and Phelps Combine at Full Throttle in Simpatico Contrast of Styles
Hot-shot duo serve victorious set at Brighton's Verdict
Nérija Blume At Village Underground
The horn-powered septet take the east London venue by storm with songs from their new album
Nat's Men Of Steele Power-Up With Oodles Of Jazz-Life Pep
Vibraphonist Nat Steele's MJQ Quartet shake it down at Shepperton Jazz
Artists View All
Ella Fitzgerald
The best known and most popular jazz artist of all time, often referred to as The First...
Art Blakey
Blakey became regarded as the finishing school in jazz, his name on the curriculum vitae...
Bill Evans
In 1959 Evans appeared on Kind of Blue, widely considered the greatest jazz album of all...
Wayne Shorter
A member of Miles Davis' "Second Great Quintet" and a founder of Weather Report with...
Guides & Lists View All
The best new jazz albums: Editor's Choice, February 2020
A hand-picked selection of some of the best new releases and reissues reviewed in the February 2020...
The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World
Not just another “greatest jazz albums” list of favourite recordings and biggest sellers but a fully...
Rising jazz artists: who to look out for in 2020
It’s that time again when we ask our crack team of writers, assorted taste-makers and trend-spotters...
A Beginner's Guide to the New Jazz Generation
The UK’s new jazz scene has had another barnstorming year with the likes of Cassie Kinoshi’s SEED...
Jazz Instrument Reviews View All
Cole and Phelps Combine at Full Throttle in Simpatico Contrast of Styles
Hot-shot duo serve victorious set at Brighton's Verdict
Nérija Blume At Village Underground
The horn-powered septet take the east London venue by storm with songs from their new album
Nat's Men Of Steele Power-Up With Oodles Of Jazz-Life Pep
Vibraphonist Nat Steele's MJQ Quartet shake it down at Shepperton Jazz
Baptiste Brings Fresh Belief To Joe Henderson's Hefty Hard-Bop Canon
Saxophonist Denys Baptiste's 5tet shines the spotlight on the tenor titan's Blue Note period
Five-Star Albums View All
Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto – Love, Love ★★★★★
Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto (tb), Patrick Gleeson, Bayete, Umbra Zindiko (ky), Hadley Caliman (ts, f,...
Miles Davis – Tutu: Deluxe Edition ★★★★★
Warner Jazz CD1: Miles Davis (t) plus all additional instruments played by Marcus Miller together...
Herbie Hancock – Headhunters ★★★★★
Columbia/Legacy Herbie Hancock (kys), Harvey Mason (d), Paul Jackson (el b), Benny Maupin (ts, b...
Bill Evans – Portrait In Jazz ★★★★★
Poll Winners Records Bill Evans (p), Scott LaFaro (b), Paul Motian (d) plus (1 track) Miles Davis...