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Jazz Albums That Shook The World: The 1950s

If you are discovering jazz for the first time then you've just found the perfect place to start. And if you are a true aficionado then this list is sure to remind you of some albums that you will rush to rediscover. The 1950s saw the release of some of the greatest albums, of any genre, ever made. If you've never heard any of these albums and are wondering where to start, you could do a lot worse than by starting at the top, with Kind of Blue, and working your way down the list

Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2021: Preview

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

Shai Maestro interview: "Jazz is a flexible music, everything's open to interpretation and change"

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

The best new jazz albums: Editor's Choice, April 2021

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

The best new jazz albums: Editor's Choice, March 2021

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

Chick Corea interview: "Music can bring us together"

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

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