The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions Vol. 2 (Candid Records CAN3346) Since 1991, the Mingus Big Band, formed as an ...

The Bronx-born singer who made her debut on UK label Whirlwind talks about her new album Portrait - the first she has been ...

The Gibson Johnny Smith that guitarist George Benson used to record his 1976 hit album Breezin’ (sales around three million) ...

Szymon Ratajczyk saw the Polish piano veteran play orchestral arrangements of his own tunes and solo renditions from the GAS ...

BBC Sessions 1968-1970 (RANDB101) Once again, Nick Duckett’s RandB Records mines the rich vein of material from the BBC ...

Veteran British concert promoters, Serious, well known for producing the EFG London Jazz Festival, are keen to get more ...

In November 2024 the seemingly indefatigable saxophonist Art Themen celebrates his 85th birthday and this record marks that ...

Until she died, in January 1918, I had no problem thinking of Marlene VerPlanck as the finest female vocalist currently ...

The Rhodes electric piano, reviled by many purists, but a key new sound in jazz from the late 1960s on, is the centre of ...

Thomas Melia reckons British pop star Raye’s reprise of familiar blues and soul moves is 'enough to draw emotion out of even ...

I saw Oscar Peterson, Erroll Garner and Dave Brubeck, all within a few weeks. Not a bad start. Brubeck’s quartet was ...

From minute one the cross-talk was flowing like lava down the slopes of Vesuvius, punctuated by solos duets on both vocals ...