Fifty years ago the US avant-gardist Milo Fine lamented the effect of partisan politics on jazz, hoping that music would ...

British modern-era lynchpin Westbrook continues to perform into his late 80s and is heard here in 2023 with a band including ...

It’s difficult to understand why music as good as this has lain in the vaults for 20 years, for what we get is the Stanko ...

Singer and bassist Farnon led Dave Newton (p) and Phil Johnson (d) in a set including GAS classics and Stevie Wonder’s For ...

The trumpeter gave his opinion on Walter Pichon, Luis Russel, Jelly Roll Morton, Spike Hughes, King Oliver and more ...

Michael Shera thought Hill's listenable avant-garde record probably one of the most important albums to appear in five years ...

It seems incredible that this should only be Murphy’s second British release, for his stature makes him easily the most ...

German reedman lays aside his saxophone to pursue big-band writing reflecting his fascination with through-composition ...

Third recording from Dutch bassist plays at the crossroads of jazz, classical music, electronic music and free improvisation ...

This record is like a layer cake, or is perhaps better likened to sweet and sour sauce. The sweet being the almost conventional treatment of the six ‘ordinary’ numbers; the sour – to most ears – being ...

This is the eighth album as leader from Miami-based pianist and composer Berg, who’s famed for accompanying numerous leading ...

Violins owned by Jean-Luc Ponty and played on some famous sessions are to be auctioned by Tarisio Berlin from 24. The violins ...