This is the first album Zachary Bartholomew has released as a band leader – but he hasn’t been lazing around on the couch. No ...

This LP is a setting of words from ‘How It Is’ (1964) by Samuel Beckett, interspersed with instru­mental passages. Extensive ...

A panel discussion with free-improvisation veteran Maggie Nicols and 1970s TV appearances by Derek Bailey, Charles Fox, Tony ...

If you listen to young jazz publicists you might be persuaded that the nominal boundaries between jazz and classical are only ...

Yet another jazz dynasty may be upon us as Bill Evans’ grandson releases a recital of Evans compositions. Evans On Evans ...

Sixty years ago Mark Gardner welcomed Mobley's new album as a hard-driving mainstream-modern antidote to the new wave. Odd ...

Seed, described by their publicist as “a dynamic group of musicians pushing the boundaries of contemporary jazz”, are to ...

Sérgio Mendes may not have been the main originator of bossa nova – one of the most innovative musical movements of the 20th ...

I first saw DFTC at the London Jazz Festival in 2018 and the band consisted of a mere nine members. I’ve seen them several ...

As what passed for summer in the UK turns distinctly to autumn / the downpour season, the tide of jazz-related “product” ...

Is jazz intrinsically left-wing? Judging by the JJ inbox, it’s a question that many might think doesn’t need asking. It ...

Almost a quarter of a century ago – it seems like only yesterday – I enjoyed a conversation with Joe Zawinul after a ...