Frank Zappa left a huge legacy of pioneering music and outspoken opinions that has proved obliquely influential in shaping the style and attitudes of generations of rock and jazz musicians, while often upsetting their elders and certain establishment...
Internationally acclaimed Norwegian record label Rune Grammofon announced itself to the world in 1998, with the release of Supersilent’s auspicious triple-album offering, 1-3. Since then, the imprint has curated a prestigious canon of experimental...
Stuart Nicholson looks at the massive impact Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew has had on jazz, 50 years after its original release
Making a name for himself with, among others, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Makaya McCraven and Soweto Kinch, bassist Junius Paul has now struck out with his own stylistically eclectic solo debut, Ism. Kevin Le Gendre caught up with the frenetic low-ender...
Pianist Horace Silver was one of the most influential pianists in jazz and the very personification and creator of what has been called soul jazz, composing what are now standards such as ‘Sister Sadie’ and ‘Señor Blues’ and piloting a distinctive...
We speak to the dynamic duo who are addressing the gender imbalance in jazz in practical and positive ways
Loosely inspired by the life of Bix Beiderbecke, Young Man with a Horn, featuring Kirk Douglas, Doris Day and Lauren Bacall, serves up more than its fair share of clichés but, says Selwyn Harris, it also exhibits plenty of redeeming features,...
Selwyn Harris assesses Birth of the Cool, the latest big-screen attempt to capture the myth of Miles Davis on film
Vocalist Natacha Atlas talks about the album that changed her life, Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue
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