Sixty years ago, Graham Boatfield said this then six-year-old session no longer matched its title. First published in Jazz ...

Sixty years ago, Mark Gardner noted Scott's allegiances to Lucky Thompson and Hank Mobley and said he was playing better than ever ...

Wonderful! In his brief sleeve notes, Joshua Breakstone regrets not being able to advise his younger self about phrasing and ...

Many readers of Jazz Journal will be familiar with the photographic work of Val Wilmer, which started with her first shots of ...

First Time Around Chess-loving guitarist Vladimir Redzic makes some distinctive moves on his debut album, not least the insistence on spare, single-note lines. In numbers such as With A Song In My ...

The second edition of the Kalisz Ptaszyn Fest, held 21 March 2026, confirmed that this young festival, organised by the ...

Very occasionally, and completely against the run of play in the current musical landscape, a performer emerges who, in every respect – talent, charisma, choice of accompaniment, rapport with audience ...

Celestial Keeper It might be my cloistered existence, but I’ve not been aware of Joey Alexander’s growing reputation as a ...