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Dub against Dystopia | Interview with Joe Armon-Jones

As a member of Ezra Collective, Joe Armon-Jones has won the Mercury Music Prize, played Wembley Arena – and won a Brit Award. Alongside this his solo career is blossoming as well, with a two-part new album, All The Quiet, and a headline slot at Cheltenham Jazz Festival

Tal Farlow: Lord of the strings

Stuart Nicholson looks back at the career of that most underrated of jazz guitar masters, Tal Farlow, who often preferred fishing to soaking up the limelight

Turning Point | Interview with Janette Mason

British pianist and composer Janette Mason was won over by the Pat Metheney Group’s ECM debut when she was a teenager. She tells Brian Glasser abourt how it shaped her musical life

Free to the Core | Interview with James Brandon Lewis

Brooklyn-based saxophonist has been forging a reputation for working across multiple projects with a fearsome intensity, be it his rock-fueled group. The Messthetics, his Jesup Wagon band or his Red Lily Quintet

Quiet rise of UK jazz's Renaissance woman

Ursula Harrison won last year’s BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year, bringing this Welsh native’s talents to wider public attention. Victoria Kingham discovers how the bassist’s blending of genres and extensive studies shape her forward-thinking music

The Player | Interview with Richard Spaven

Known for his mastery of odd-metered beats and work with the likes of Gregory Porter, Flying Lotus, The Cinematic Orchestra and José James, drummer Richard Spaven tells David Gallant about his journey into music and his favourite gear over the year

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