Tom Cawley: Five Albums I Couldn't Live Without
- Wednesday, July 31, 2019
The pianist and composer selects his favourite recordings
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Cassie Kinoshi interview: 'I feel like, in Britain, we don’t like to acknowledge the problems we have'
- Thursday, July 25, 2019
The 2019 Mercury Prize nominee Cassie Kinoshi and her SEED Ensemble take the wild sci-fi writings of Samuel R. Delaney as the foundation for their debut statement, Driftglass. Kinoshi spoke with Nick Hasted about the impact of Afro-futurism, poetry and protest on her music
Life-changing jazz albums: 'Spiritual Unity' by the Albert Ayler Trio
- Monday, July 22, 2019
Saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings talks about the album that changed his life, Spiritual Unity, by the Albert Ayler Trio.
The Shape Of Jazz To Come: Who To Look Out For In 2019
- Wednesday, July 17, 2019
It's time to divine the divine, as we ask our crack unit of writers and assorted taste-formers to gaze into their crystal balls and reveal the intel on those artists they think are set to sizzle in 2019.
Top 20 Jazz Albums of 2018
- Wednesday, July 17, 2019
The democratisation of jazz and its presence in the mainstream has been the talking point of the year in music, with a new generation of musicians kicking out the jams in fiercely life-affirming ways.
The story of jazz: the early years (1913-29)
- Tuesday, July 2, 2019
From New Orleans to New York via Chicago with Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet and Bix Beiderbecke
Snarky Puppy – Dog Eat Dog!
- Wednesday, June 19, 2019
As possibly the biggest instrumental band on the planet right now, Snarky Puppy blazed a trail for many of today’s outward looking, forward-thinking jazz musicians.
Tubby Hayes – Return Of The Little Giant
- Wednesday, June 19, 2019
The reputation of Tubby Hayes as one of the world’s top tenor saxophonists of the 1950s and 1960s is set to be fully restored with the welcome release of Grits, Beans and Greens: The Lost Fontana Studio Sessions 1969.
Makaya McCraven – Universal Language
- Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Chicagoan Makaya McCraven draws on his eclectic upbringing and collaborations with artists such as Jeff Parker and Shabaka Hutchings to fuel his inspired sonic tapestries.
Kate Williams & Georgia Mancio – Homeward Bound
- Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Pianist and composer Kate Williams talks to Peter Vacher...