The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World
Not just another “greatest jazz albums” list of favourite recordings and biggest sellers but a fully annotated look at the albums that actually changed jazz and changed lives
Features
Women In Jazz: The Artists You Need To Know
Jazzwise has gathered together interviews with some of trailblazing artists we’ve featured in the magazine in recent years including Maria Schneider, Nubya Garcia, Liane Carroll, Terri Lyne Carrington and many more. Every one of these musicians has...
The 20 Best Jazz Albums of 2021
The votes are in! Featuring outstanding releases from Charles Lloyd, Pat Metheny, Gretchen Parlato, Georgia Mancio, Songs of Kemet, Jaimie Branch and many more...
Jack Kerouac and Jazz: “I want to be considered a jazz poet blowing a long blues in an afternoon jam session on Sunday”
Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road' did for literature what Charlie Parker and John Coltrane did for jazz, whipping it up into brave new shapes and forms that challenged the norm and set a generation in motion, writes Keith Shadwick
The Jazzwise Guide to the EFG London Jazz Festival 2021
Interviews with many of the leading artists appearing at this year's EFG London Jazz Festival, including Archie Shepp, Kathrine Windfeld, Avishai Cohen, Cécile McLorin Salvant and more...
Archie Shepp interview: “Freedom is something that has to be constantly monitored and watched”
Archie Shepp’s fruitful concert collaborations with pianist Jason Moran are now available for all to enjoy with the release of Let My People Go. Kevin Le Gendre speaks to the sax firebrand about the divisive political times in which the music has...
Cleveland Watkiss and Django Bates: The Art and Craft of Song
Two of the most critically acclaimed musicians from these shores, singer Cleveland Watkiss and pianist Django Bates, are about to collaborate, performing a duo concert as part of this year’s EFG London Jazz Festival. Kevin Le Gendre discovers how...
Joanna Duda: The Accidental Anarchist
Polish jazz pianist, composer and electronics experimentalist Joanna Duda discovered her métier via a random computer malfunction. Now set to play the EFG London Jazz Festival this month with her forward-thinking trio, Jane Cornwell peers into the...
Festival Director Pelin Opcin introduces the EFG London Jazz Festival 2021
As excitement builds ahead of its live return, Alyn Shipton speaks to LJF director Pelin Opcin about this year’s event