Cuban piano sensation Ramon Valle has said “We are working on a new route into Cuban jazz, which is not 100% Cuban, but 100% ourselves. I don’t want to follow the standard definition of Latin Jazz that everyone knows,"
Mixing their edible metaphors brilliant UK saxophonist Iain Ballamy’s group Food and Norwegian accordionist Stian Carstensen’s ensemble Farmers Market toured together to great acclaim last year.
Guitarist Martin Simpson, known primarily for his work with folk legends The Albion Band and Richard Thompson, is an awesome steel-string player
Tim Garland’s sublime sax playing has always embodied a very English sophistication,
Drummer and composer Bobby Previtge, described as "a serious composer with the heart of a roadhouse rocker", by the Village Voice,
Courtney Pine remains the UK’s very own saxophone colossus – a veritable powerhouse of technique and ideas.
Vocalist Frank McComb is one of neo-soul’s most stunning voices, think Donny Hathaway with Herbie Hancock keyboard skills.
EST, or the Esbjörn Svensson Trio, have become a huge phenomenon in the realms of the crossover jazz scene as they continue to defy easy categorization mixing a heady combination of jazz, dance, rock and classical influences into a cohesive whole.
Iranian composer/instrumentalist Majid Derakhshani creates cutting edge world music infused with an improvisational jazz edge has joined forces with virtuoso soprano Zohreh Jooya.
Diana Krall hates labels as she detests the feeling of being boxed in. Embarrassed at being thought of as a new Ella Fitzgerald, she tells Jane Cornwell how she has moved on from the last, deeply felt album of songs many of which were co-written with husband Elvis Costello. It’s time instead to embrace again her roots, to explore richly satisfying jazz standards such as ‘Day in, Day Out’, ‘Exactly Like You’ and ‘From This Moment On’, the title track of the new album out this month, co-produced...
