Jazz Stories
Charles Tolliver, Connect, Gearbox
You can find this album on at least three streaming services at the moment in its entirety. But …
Venues are suffering more than most
COMMENT How cruel a blow the postponement of the reopening of UK venues this weekend has been. Talk …
Black Art Jazz Collective, Ascension, High Note
The chance of hearing in the flesh top class US hard bop such as produced on Ascension from the …
Jay Phelps to release his first live album
Live at The Cockpit is to be trumpeter Jay Phelps first live album. It's to be released on the …
Dominik Wania: solo run
Interesting news for anyone into solo jazz piano because ECM (the label for solo piano recordings) …
Blow to recovery as government orders indoor venues to stay shut
Tomorrow was supposed to see the reopening of Ronnie Scott's. But the return of indoor live music …
First track from new Terje Rypdal quartet album Conspiracy streams
There's a serene elegiac stillness about the beautiful 'As If the Ghost Was Me,' the lead-off track …
Siggi Loch to celebrate his 80th birthday with the release of a new compilation
Siggi Loch, the founder and influential guiding light of German indie label ACT records, turns 80 …
Kris Bowers is Emmy nominated for Mrs America
Kris Bowers' extraordinary career continues with a second Emmy nomination this week. He is fast …
NYJO to begin Woolwich Works residency and gain their first permanent home
NYJO (the National Youth Jazz Orchestra) have announced that they are the latest resident artistic …
Wagner tribute streams
Babel have a fascinating new album Dick Wag: a Tribute to Richard Wagner to be released in …
Ant Law, The Sleeper Wakes, Edition
A jazz album like The Sleeper Wakes could not have been made in the 1960s or 70s because the …
Lead-off track of new JD Allen trio album streams
Toys / Die Dreaming is new from the great JD Allen at the end of August. Here's 'The G Thing' from …
Skeltr to release Dorje
Going on YouTube footage of their earlier work the beefy grooves of Skeltr are a new band to keep …
Thumbscrew, The Anthony Braxton Project, Cuneiform
Thumbscrew have managed, a little like the codebreakers in the second world war, to crack the …
Tony Davis, Golden Year, Posi-Tone
The rewarding thing about this record by US guitarist Tony Davis, making his debut, is the amount …
Track of the day: Angels and Demons at Play
From the new Sun Ra Arkestra studio album Swirling to be released this autumn and recorded at …
Bacharach flavour to 'Two Breaking into One' as Mary Coughlan returns
One of Ireland's greatest jazz and blues influenced singers Mary Coughlan has released new single …
Track of the day: Midnight Sun from Allison Neale's new album
As reported back in May alto saxophonist Allison Neale has signed to the Ubuntu label and for her …
Track of the day: Grace and Mercy from Immanuel Wilkins
Shaping up to be one of the releases of the year here's the mature and compelling ballad 'Grace and …
Ronnie's to reopen on 1 August
At last! Ronnie Scott’s is to reopen on 1 August albeit with a reduced capacity of 50 per cent and …
Zara McFarlane, Songs Of An Unknown Tongue, Brownswood
There's a great album kicking and screaming to get out here. But the production never lets that …
Moses Boyd nominated for the Hyundai Mercury Prize
Just announced on the Lauren Laverne BBC 6 Music show are the nominations for the Hyundai Mercury …
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August release for Billy Childs' Acceptance
Here's the engrossing, Weather Report-like atmosphere of 'Leimert Park' from pianist Billy Childs'
Artemis stream Goddess of the Hunt
The Blue Note Records-signed Artemis, an all female jazz supergroup featuring pianist and musical …
Heads up on EYOT: big record coming this autumn
A tricky time to release records with no prospect of touring. Will the autumn be any better? Let's …
Annie Ross has died
Vocalese pioneer Annie Ross has died in New York at the age of 89. The singer and actress had been …
New Matthew Shipp trio album on the way this autumn
A tantalising new track here, the title track of The Unidentifiable a trio record from free-jazz …