The programme for the 38th Glasgow Jazz Festival is announced, and tickets are now on sale. There is a host of Scottish stars, a long-awaited return of Bobby Watson, who was artist in residence in ...

Unlike many classical, rock and pop concerts, where the audience is there to hear old favourites, the jazz gig, with improvisation at its heart, is always about ‘the new’. On Wednesday night at the ...

Mark Nightingale/ James Davison/ Dave Newton/ Andrew Cleyndert/ Sebastian De Krom(Jazz at Imber Court. 21 April 2024. Review by Peter Vacher) James Davison, Andrew Cleyndert, Mark Nightingale.

Starting with their critically-acclaimed debut, ‘Zero, released in the year 2000, the duo of pianist Carolyn Hume and drummer Paul May has produced seven albums on Leo Records, mixing unusually ...

It’s been almost two years since I wrote about Jasmine Myra’s beautiful debut album Horizons (LINK TO REVIEW), which was one of the best UK jazz releases of 2022. Now the composer, alto saxophonist ...

Jakub Klimiuk Quintet, (un)balanced ( Self-released, Bandcamp. Review by Mike Collins) NOTE: (un)balanced is released today 1 ...

Equal Spirits – Wise and Waiting (Ubuntu CD, Digital & Vinyl / UBU0157 Album review by Jon Turney) This Anglo-South African ...

The palatial splendor of Ladbroke Hall is a delightful setting for Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba’s first London ...

The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins, edited by Sam V.H. Reese (New York Review Books. Book review by Phil Johnson), ...

Reeds player and composer Tim Garland’s career has spanned 33 years, and his creativity shows no sign of letting up. Three years in the making, his newest album Moment of Departure will be ...

Phone snap by John McGloin reproduced with permission of Ronnie Scott’s Kyle Eastwood is a regular visitor to the U.K., usually appearing at Ronnie Scott’s on an “annual residency”. Eastwood plays ...

Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace (Impulse!. Album review (from vinyl) by Phil Johnson) The vinyl edition of Shabaka Hutchings’ album is a thing of beauty. Thick cardboard ...