They say : To see wholeness and beauty in a broken, exhausted, fragmented world, and to feel joy in spite of it all: that is Emaho, an exclamation of wonder from Old Tibetan. Sung in three syllables, ...

Forty years ago, the celebrated US composer recounted his musical career and gave details of the nature and influence of his ...

Forty years ago, Mark Gilbert admired the virtuosic playing and sophisticated writing of a young guitarist who would become a ...

Forty years ago, Mark Gilbert heard the sopranist skirting around the harmony of Donna Lee, in touch with the changes, but ...

October 2026, including Toshiko Akiyoshi, Eric Alexander, Lynne Arriale, Jerry Bergonzi // Editor's pick: Eric Alexander ...

Much of this style of music is full of breakneck tremolo and fast-changing rhythms, placing serious demands on drummer ...

Sixty years ago, Mark Gardner said the smokin' caught fire in parts but didn't specifically mention Montgomery's spectacular ...

Sixty years ago, David Illingworth, keen to compare Blues Breakers to its inspirations, couldn't have known that it would ...

Organik Neither organist Pete Whittaker nor percussionist Gary Hammond, being custodians of the heavy armoury in guitarist Deirdre Cartwright’s trio, lifts the lid on what in the wrong hands can be ...

What Next?  Musicians grounded in jazz have often looked further afield to expand their repertoire, moving towards non-Western patterns, cyclical rather than linear progressions and embracing a common ...

Present This is the eminent Swedish vocalist Nyberg’s 25th release. It follows her excellent collaboration with the Bohuslän ...

The 23rd Scarborough Jazz Festival offered a range of effective jazz performances from such as Shirley Smart, Benet McLean, Dark Side Of The Big Band, Soft Machine, Alina Bzhezhinska and the 3D Jazz ...