Saxophone and piano duos furnish an impressively large proportion of my favourite recordings. Like any duo, the combination ...

Jim was awarded the Musicians’ Company Jazz Lifetime Achievement Silver Medal 2026, at a ceremony/dinner at Vintners' Hall ...

The new documentary film “Köln Tracks” (previously known as “Lost in Köln”) will have a London screening on 1 November, ...

Among the most successful and exhilarating is undoubtedly that of saxophonist Mattia Basilico (b.2003) who studied at the ...

An artist as determinedly different as Nubya Garcia was always going to find something fresh and challenging to do with a ...

This coming Saturday, October 24, musicians from across London's thriving improvised-music scene will gather at The Social, ...

It's unusual to want to write a rave review of sleeve-notes, but especially so if the notes are for an album you haven't even played yet. In the case of this fabulous vinyl reissue of the great tenor ...

The very best of the jazz experience is captured live, either in the memory and imagination of the concert audience, or, as ...

Enrico Rava and Joe Lovano go back a long way. Indeed, I vividly remember seeing them together at Brecon Jazz Festival around ...

Harpist and composer CHARLES OVERTON, originally from Richmond, Virginia and based in Boston, releases his long-awaited EP, ‘Reflections’ on 23 October. He is kept busy as an active and sought-after ...

Every time I listen to Shirley Horn, I’m puzzled: why isn’t her artistry more widely appreciated? And was she equipped with a personal anti-hype system?It’s as though she was programmed to elude the ...