By 1972, Bley had already released 18 records as a leader, but predominantly in larger contexts or trios and nothing close to ...

Gerald Lascelles regretted that Gulda's treatment of great operas was issued under the guise of jazz, despite the presence of ...

Fifty years ago, seeing Steve Beresford, Terry Day, Peter Cusack, John Russell et al in concert, Peter Riley gave a rather ...

Mark Gardner heard in trumpeter Byrd's incorporation of funk and rock not the pursuit of a contemporary jazz promised by the ...

Four very different vocalists feature in this set of reviews, the first being Savina Yannatou, from Greece. She shares ...

There’s a scene in a recent Led Zeppelin documentary in which the band’s powerhouse drummer, John Bonham, discusses how important an influence Gene Krupa was on his approach to playing drums.

As the original drummer in Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters and a founder member of smooth-jazz specialists Fourplay, Harvey ...

Now in its fifth edition, the 2025 Sicilia Jazz Festival (22 June – 6 July) offers 85 concerts and involves 385 musicians, ...

This is the Courvoisier/Halvorson duo’s third collaboration on record, and as with the Jon Irabagon release discussed below ...

Sixty years ago, Mark Gardner was relieved to find no poetry in Garrick's latest excursion but still was troubled by Coleridge Goode's bowing and humming and Shake Keane and Joe Harriot's free forming ...