Five years since the release of his last album, revered pianist Abdullah Ibrahim returns with his fired-up Ekaya ensemble for their new album, The Balance. Alyn Shipton caught up with the South African star to discuss musical roots, life lessons and the memorable time he stepped in for Duke Ellington
As possibly the biggest instrumental band on the planet right now, Snarky Puppy blazed a trail for many of today’s outward looking, forward-thinking jazz musicians. Yet, in spite of their game-changing approach to richly detailed groove music, the critics are still taking aim. Ahead of their UK tour this November, Nick Hasted asked their outspoken bassist and bandleader, Michael League, why it can be tough at the top
John Sharpe unveils the story behind bassist Barry Guy's Picasso-inspired jazz suite
Peter Vacher reviews Mark Stryker’s insightful book on the history of the Detroit music scene
The reputation of Tubby Hayes as one of the world’s top tenor saxophonists of the 1950s and 1960s is set to be fully restored with the welcome release of Grits, Beans and Greens: The Lost Fontana Studio Sessions 1969. Stuart Nicholson navigates a recording originally envisaged as a new beginning for Hayes, which was committed to tape following one of the most turbulent periods in the musician’s life
Brian Priestley delves between the notes of Bob Crosby’s ‘South Rampart Street Parade’ (1937)
Vocalist and songwriter Julia Biel talks about the album that changed her life, Spirit Of Eden, by Talk Talk.
Bill Milkowksi charts the life and times of the legendary group on record
How did John Coltrane and Miles Davis get on? The odd couple, with contrasting personalities on and off the bandstand. But together the music they produced was peerless, says Ashley Kahn
London’s burgeoning new breed of genre-blind, rhythmically direct jazz musicians has been attracting youthful, multi-cultural audiences not seen in the UK for a generation, pioneering a radical and overdue shift in perception.
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