What’s the album that changed your musical outlook? After much deliberation, the trumpeter Avishai Cohen tells Brian Glasser that it’s a classical record by a Russian concert pianist…
A new album, Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores, breathes new life into previously unrecorded music by Kenny Wheeler, with an A-list cast including Chris Potter, Evan Parker and Norma Winstone. Alyn Shipton spoke to arranger/trumpeter Nick Smart to discover how this ambitious project came together
Featuring outstanding new releases from Yazz Ahmed, Marshall Allen, Ron Carter and more
Stuart Nicholson speaks to the bass legend Ron Carter about his extraordinary career and his new LP with the talented Arbenz twins
Mike Flynn catches up with Jazz FM Content Director Nick Pitts to find out more about the return of the station’s prestigious Awards on 24 April, and some exciting changes to its Saturday night schedule
Peter Vacher speaks to Hungarian pianist Matyas Gayer, whose deft mixing of contemporary and ‘trad’ strands of jazz is gaining him attention and plaudits
This month our US-based scribe Michael Jackson travels to Maureen’s Jazz Cellar in Nyack, New York to soak up the atmosphere and celebrate Judi Silvano’s birthday alongside her husband Joe Lovano...
Ammar Kalia speaks to the British-Bahrani trumpeter/composer Yazz Ahmed to discover how her new album, A Paradise In The Hold, puts her family roots back at the heart of the narrative, and reveals the new riches added to her sound
One of the most inventive players of his generation, pianist Elliot Galvin has been a prime mover with the likes of UK supergroup Dinosaur and Shabaka Hutchings’ touring band. Now he’s back with The Ruin, his debut on Gearbox, with suitably lo-fi imagery. Tony Benjamin spoke to him about this playfully gritty exploration of Britain's once glorious Empire
Musicians have been increasingly dancing to Spotify’s tune, with major labels focusing on streaming numbers (and followers) as the ultimate measure of success. Yet, as Stuart Nicholson explains, the platform has been gaming the rules and faking some of its most streamed artists…
