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Taking Off: Silvan Joray

With an expansive sound and fresh ideas, New York-based Swiss guitarist Silvan Joray is among a new wave of six-string stars on the rise. Tom Spargo spoke to him when the guitarist stopped off for his first UK gig to find out more

Taking Off: Raph Clarkson

Informed as much by the ‘organised chaos’ of Keith Tippett as the folksiness of John Taylor, Raph Clarkson has forged a bold musical outlook. Selwyn Harris spoke to the trombonist about how everything's coming together in his South African-inspired group Equal Sprits

Playing the Changes: how Cathy and Darius Brubeck set up South Africa’s first jazz education programme

A new documentary film and autobiographical book – both sharing the title Playing the Changes – are about to be released, telling the story of how Darius Brubeck (eldest son of Dave), and his wife Cathy, set up South Africa’s first jazz education programme – against a backdrop of apartheid, extreme poverty and political unrest. Stuart Nicholson speaks to the couple

Billy Cobham interview: “I was fired from Mahavishnu”

Billy Cobham opens up to Stuart Nicholson in an exclusive interview, covering his early life in military bands, tours with Horace Silver, getting fired from the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and his classic jazz-rock album Spectrum

Lifting the lid on 'Louis In London'

With the news that Louis Armstrong’s final BBC concerts are to get an official release, Alyn Shipton time-travels back to the summer of 1968 when the legendary trumpeter’s All Stars appeared on the telly – after the cricket!

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