I came to this one cold. Eight albums as a leader, a Wikipedia entry, three Hamilton Music Awards on the shelf, and I had never heard the name. That is my failing rather than his, and I suspect a good ...

Four years ago, Blue Note and Universal Music Group Africa announced Blue Note Africa, an imprint with a stated remit to sign musicians from across the continent and carry them to a wider world. It ...

It’s 2PM on 24th November 2013 in Camden Town… And that can only mean one thing – it’s time for ‘Another Sunday Afternoon at Dingwalls!’ All the usual suspects were there i.e. the Dingwalls’ faithful, ...

“Marvin said to me when he first heard the music, “If you give me that I’ll do the whole album.” I said to him, “That’s a great idea Marvin, but you know Berry and co. will never go for it?” He turned ...

This Friday, 30th January, marks a very important event in the jazz calendar, the 80th anniversary of the birth of a great man and musician, Tubby Hayes. For all his fans, he was and always will be, ...

Released following the death of tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, Sangam & Friends serves as both a celebration of an extraordinary musical friendship and a poignant reminder of the profound connection ...

A debut album often serves as a calling card, but TRIO feels more like the confident statement of a pianist who has already spent years refining his musical identity. German pianist and composer Paul ...

Blue Note’s signing strategy of late has been a mixed affair. For every Julian Lage or Melissa Aldana — artists who feel like genuine torchbearers of the label’s legacy — there’s a debut that hedges ...

You’re never too old to funk. This much is true. On Live at Joe’s Pub, trumpeter Shunzo Ohno doesn’t just reaffirm it – he embodies it. Drawn from a series of performances at a storied New York venue, ...

Montreal drummer and composer Alexis Martin makes a striking first statement as a bandleader with Les pôles Volume 1, a richly atmospheric album that sits somewhere between contemporary jazz, chamber ...

Jakob Davidsen has spent three decades working at the seam where written and improvised music meet, and this is the second time he has gone to Ursula Andkjær Olsen’s 2012 collection Det 3. årtusindes ...

Björn Meyer has long been a bassist who has consistently challenged ideas of what his instrument can do, whether anchoring Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin or colouring the subtle worlds of Anouar Brahem.