The Cheltenham Jazz Festival returns with a programme packed with big names and exciting newcomers for a greatly enhanced online edition this May. This is thanks to the festival’s new programmer, Dave Gaydon, who spoke to Mike Flynn about the highs and lows of running a major festival in a pandemic
Pianist Shai Maestro was catapulted to international renown in the mid 2000s when fellow Israeli and bass star Avishai Cohen talent-spotted him for his power Trio with Mark Guiliana. He's since forged his own solo path and now releases his striking new album, Human, his second outing for ECM and first with his new Quartet. John Fordham discovers how it reflects Maestro’s ever-deepening artistic vision
Gretchen Parlato’s brilliant new Brazilian-flavoured album on Edition is her best yet, says Peter Quinn. He spoke to the composer-vocalist to find out what’s behind this latest blossoming of a remarkable career
The Editor's pick of the best new albums reviewed in the May 2021 issue of Jazzwise, featuring Vijay Iyer, Nik Bärtsch, Airelle Besson, James Brandon Lewis, and more...
The Editor's pick of the best new albums reviewed in the April 2021 issue of Jazzwise, featuring Charles Lloyd, Gretchen Parlato, Archie Shepp & Jason Moran, Yoko Miwa Trio, Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent, Hedvig Mollestad Trio and more
Kind of Blue is frequently cited as the greatest jazz album of all time. Stuart Nicholson tells the full story of how Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb made it
Joe Lovano’s career to date has seen him gradually emerge as one of the most subtle and adventurous innovators of his generation. Stuart Nicholson spoke to this gentle giant of the tenor about his new Trio Tapestry album, Garden of Expression
The Editor's pick of the best new albums reviewed in the March 2021 issue of Jazzwise, featuring Branford Marsalis, Veronica Swift, Pat Metheny, Susanna Aleksandra, Gary Bartz, Shai Maestro and more
As a tribute to Chick Corea, who has died at the age of 79, we are republishing the interview he gave to Jazzwise in May 2017. Chick spoke to Stuart Nicholson about his beginnings with Cab Calloway to his stint in Miles Davis’ ‘Lost Quintet’ and how music continues to unite rather than divide through its universal power and appeal
Renowned US pianist Jason Moran leads his trio and a specially convened British ensemble in a unique multi-media celebration of the life and music of one of jazz’s unsung heroes, James Reese Europe. Stuart Nicholson digs deep into the seismic impact Reese’s reshaping of ragtime had on the birth of modern jazz
