Editor’s Choice: October 2022 | The best new jazz albums
- Thursday, September 15, 2022
Great new albums from Joshua Redman Quartet, Michael Wollny Trio, Samara Joy, Anteloper and more
Features
Charles Mingus: Beneath The Bass Line
- Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Bassist Charles Mingus shook up the jazz world like few others, Kevin Le Gendre assesses his legacy and speaks to contemporary bass stars Christian McBride and Boris Kozlov about his influence
Kokoroko: Stronger Together
- Friday, September 2, 2022
As their long-delayed debut album, Could We Be More, is released, Jane Cornwell speaks to trumpeter Sheila Maurice-Gray and percussionist Onome Edgeworth, to uncover the earthy roots of Kokoroko’s transcendent sound
Wayne Shorter interview: “You can stay as you are and delve into another medium”
- Friday, August 26, 2022
Stuart Nicholson spoke with Wayne Shorter about the narrative behind this audio-visual feast, Emanon, and places it within the wider context of his formidable canon
Georgia Cécile interview: “Anyone can express music, anyone can express what’s inside for the greater good of humanity”
- Friday, August 26, 2022
An acclaimed debut album, high profile gigs… it’s all happening right now for Scottish singer-songwriter Georgia Cécile. Peter Quinn caught up with her
The best new jazz albums - Jazzwise Editor’s Choice: September 2022
- Friday, August 19, 2022
Avishai Cohen Trio, Julian Lage, Snarky Puppy and Lizz Wright are all among this month's best new releases
Fergus McCreadie interview: “Jazz is kind of a folk music in itself”
- Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Part of the explosion of new talent coming out of Scotland right now, 2022 Mercury Prize nominee Fergus McCreadie’s alchemical touch effortlessly connects jazz to folk
Mary Halvorson – guitar genius
- Monday, July 25, 2022
One of the finest jazz guitarists of her generation, Mary Halvorson is possessed of a questing, restless spirit – as Andy Robson finds out
Kippie Moeketsi and the birth of South African jazz
- Wednesday, July 6, 2022
South Africa’s contribution to jazz remains one of the music’s great untold stories. Stuart Nicholson looks at the birth of the country’s jazz scene
John McLaughlin interview: from Miles to the Montreux Years
- Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Despite turning 80 in January, John McLaughlin shows no sign of slowing down. He opens up to Stuart Nicholson about his many fiery performances at the legendary Montreux festival