Jazz Posts

Gregory Groover Jr, Lovabye, Criss Cross *****

Published: 27 Apr 2024. Updated: 119 minutes ago.

Today's playlist: the top 10 tracks

Published: 27 Apr 2024. Updated: 3 hours ago.

Top UK and Ireland jazz for 29 Apr-5 May

Published: 27 Apr 2024. Updated: 99 minutes ago.

'Wild Card' - vital from the Jack Magnet Science

Published: 26 Apr 2024. Updated: 16 hours ago.

'Flowers That Talk' by Beings: track of the week

Published: 26 Apr 2024. Updated: 16 hours ago.

Today's playlist: the 10 top tracks

Published: 26 Apr 2024. Updated: 22 hours ago.

Alexis Valet, Following the Sun, Jazz&People ***1/2

Published: 25 Apr 2024. Updated: 28 hours ago.

Eurojazz club highlights: 29 April-3 May

Published: 25 Apr 2024. Updated: 46 hours ago.

Anthony Braxton, the Aaron Diehl trio, Guy Barker and Lizz Wright are among the jazz acts at the Proms

Published: 25 Apr 2024. Updated: 2 days ago.

Today's marlbank playlist - top 10

Published: 25 Apr 2024. Updated: 2 days ago.

Superlocrian, Hills & Valleys, Spark! ****

Published: 24 Apr 2024. Updated: 2 days ago.

May festival: Henry Spencer and Myele Manzanza are in the Mousehole Jazz Festival line-up — new this spring

Published: 24 Apr 2024. Updated: 2 days ago.

Jacky Terrasson, Moving On, Earth Sounds/Naïve ****

Published: 23 Apr 2024. Updated: 4 days ago.

Introducing Kessoncoda

Published: 22 Apr 2024. Updated: 5 days ago.

Blue Lab Beats, Blue Eclipse, Blue Adventure/Decca France ***

Published: 22 Apr 2024. Updated: 5 days ago.

US jazz club highlights: 23-28 April

Published: 22 Apr 2024. Updated: 5 days ago.

Blue Note record producer Michael Cuscuna has died aged 75

Published: 21 Apr 2024. Updated: 5 days ago.

May festival: The Jean Toussaint Quintet, Fergus Quill Trio & Maddy Coombs Quartet - among the Watford Jazz Junction 2024 acts

Published: 21 Apr 2024. Updated: 6 days ago.

The Jazz Defenders, Memory in Motion, Haggis Records ***1/2

Published: 21 Apr 2024. Updated: 6 days ago.

Shabaka, Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace, Impulse ****

Published: 20 Apr 2024. Updated: 6 days ago.

Top jazz gigs - 22-28 April UK/IRE selections

Published: 20 Apr 2024. Updated: 6 days ago.

June festival dates: Lavery, Roberto Pla & His Latin Ensemble and Get the Blessing are in the mix at the Bath Festival fringe

Published: 19 Apr 2024. Updated: 7 days ago.

Counting you in. Jazzers start here

Published: 19 Apr 2024. Updated: 31 hours ago.

Track of the week: Cloudmakers Trio, 'Voodoo Grave'

Published: 19 Apr 2024. Updated: 29 hours ago.

Ginman, Blachman, Dahl, What's To Come! Storyville ****

Published: 19 Apr 2024. Updated: 8 days ago.

Mark Lockheart, Smiling, Edition ***

Published: 18 Apr 2024. Updated: 8 days ago.

Eurojazz clubbing over 23-28 April

Published: 18 Apr 2024. Updated: 9 days ago.

Soul Mama to open in Stratford

Published: 17 Apr 2024. Updated: 10 days ago.

Awen Ensemble, Cadair Idris, New Soil ***1/2

Published: 17 Apr 2024. Updated: 9 days ago.

Ross Hicks, Three Elms ***1/2

Published: 17 Apr 2024. Updated: 10 days ago.

Top UK and Irish gigs 15-21 April

Published: 15 Apr 2024. Updated: 8 days ago.

Ian Shaw and Tony Kofi, An Adventurous Dream: The Music of Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington At Pizza Express Live in London, PX Records ****

Published: 15 Apr 2024. Updated: 29 hours ago.

Back to Black

Published: 15 Apr 2024. Updated: 10 days ago.

Cloudmakers Trio, A Drop of Hope in the Ocean of Uncertainty, Whirlwind ****

Published: 14 Apr 2024. Updated: 12 days ago.

The radical trad of Swing You Sinners shunts out from the Brummie jazz sidings

Published: 14 Apr 2024. Updated: 12 days ago.

Melissa Aldana, Echoes of the Inner Prophet, Blue Note ***1/2

Published: 13 Apr 2024. Updated: 13 days ago.

Dave Douglas, Gifts, Greenleaf Music ****

Published: 13 Apr 2024. Updated: 13 days ago.

Track of the week: Traveling Light, Jo Harrop, Lateralize ****

Published: 12 Apr 2024. Updated: 29 hours ago.

UK top 10 jazz labels - ranked

Published: 12 Apr 2024. Updated: 7 days ago.

Eurojazz clubbing 15-21 April

Published: 11 Apr 2024. Updated: 15 days ago.

Fred Hersch, Silent, Listening, ECM *****

Published: 10 Apr 2024. Updated: 16 days ago.

Unapologetic Expression: The Inside Story of the UK Jazz Explosion, André Marmot, Faber & Faber ***1/2

Published: 10 Apr 2024. Updated: 11 days ago.

GoGo Penguin, From the North: Live in Manchester, XXIM/Sony ****

Published: 9 Apr 2024. Updated: 17 days ago.

Summertime jazz series to begin on Radio Ulster

Published: 9 Apr 2024. Updated: 17 days ago.

Paula Rae Gibson, Matthew Bourne, Alex Bonney - Vortex, London ***1/2

Published: 9 Apr 2024. Updated: 18 days ago.

Nicole Glover, Plays, Savant ****

Published: 6 Apr 2024. Updated: 21 days ago.

Gig selections 8-14 April

Published: 6 Apr 2024. Updated: 21 days ago.

Track of the week: Ronan Perrett Trio, 'Following You Down'

Published: 5 Apr 2024. Updated: 21 days ago.

Jazz goes to college: new Brubeck prize to go to a top Royal Academy of Music student

Published: 5 Apr 2024. Updated: 21 days ago.

Alina Bzhezhinska and Tony Kofi, Altera Vita, BBE Music ****

Published: 5 Apr 2024. Updated: 21 days ago.

Reiss Ellis Beckles and Rowan Hudson, Alfie's, London ***

Published: 4 Apr 2024. Updated: 11 days ago.

Eurojazz clubbing 8-14 April

Published: 4 Apr 2024. Updated: 23 days ago.

Emile Parisien Quartet, Let Them Cook, ACT ***1/2

Published: 3 Apr 2024. Updated: 23 days ago.

Ronan Perrett Trio, Between, Fresh Sound New Talent ***1/2

Published: 2 Apr 2024. Updated: 24 days ago.

Originals, pieces by Carla Bley and free improvisation, to figure on Inside Out

Published: 2 Apr 2024. Updated: 12 days ago.

John Crawford, Room For Dancing, Elsden Music ***

Published: 2 Apr 2024. Updated: 25 days ago.

Casey Benjamin has died at the age of 45

Published: 1 Apr 2024. Updated: 25 days ago.

Gnar Gnar Rad, Gnar Gnar Rad, Double Moon ****

Published: 1 Apr 2024. Updated: 7 days ago.

Julieta Eugenio, Stay ****

Published: 31 Mar 2024. Updated: 21 days ago.

Welcome

Published: 31 Mar 2024. Updated: 13 days ago.

Joachim Kühn to be awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit

Published: 31 Mar 2024. Updated: 27 days ago.

James Hudson, Moonray ***1/2

Published: 30 Mar 2024. Updated: 25 days ago.

Gigs: 1-7 April

Published: 30 Mar 2024. Updated: 25 days ago.

De Beren Gieren, What Eludes Us, Sdban ****

Published: 29 Mar 2024. Updated: 28 days ago.

Track of the week: St James Infirmary Blues by TRIAD feat. Shenel Johns

Published: 29 Mar 2024. Updated: 28 days ago.

Maurice El Médioni has died

Published: 28 Mar 2024. Updated: 29 days ago.

Lovabye for the spring: saxist Gregory Groover Jr's starry sextet shapes up just fine

Published: 28 Mar 2024. Updated: 22 hours ago.

Eurojazz clubbing 1-7 April - top shows

Published: 28 Mar 2024. Updated: 30 days ago.

Ava Mendoza, Dave Sewelson, Of It But Not Is It, Mahakala Music ***1/2

Published: 27 Mar 2024. Updated: 30 days ago.

Triad, Triad, Ropeadope ****

Published: 27 Mar 2024. Updated: 29 days ago.

A look ahead to something of an event release - Jo Harrop's The Path of A Tear

Published: 26 Mar 2024. Updated: 15 days ago.

May festival: Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra, Corto.Alto and Emma Johnson's Gravyboat are among the Ribble Valley 2024 line-up

Published: 26 Mar 2024. Updated: 24 days ago.

Amanda Whiting, The Liminality of Her, First Word ***1/2

Published: 26 Mar 2024. Updated: 32 days ago.

Shadowlands, Ombres, BMC ****

Published: 25 Mar 2024. Updated: 30 days ago.

Dee C. Lee, Just Something, Acid Jazz ****

Published: 25 Mar 2024. Updated: 32 days ago.

The best jazz: January-March 2024

Published: 25 Mar 2024. Updated: 32 days ago.

Ganavya, Like the Sky, I’ve Been Too Quiet, Native Rebel ****

Published: 24 Mar 2024. Updated: 33 days ago.

Christian McBride, Edgar Meyer, But Who's Gonna Play the Melody? Mack Avenue ***1/2

Published: 24 Mar 2024. Updated: 34 days ago.

Julian Siegel Quartet in Ireland

Published: 23 Mar 2024. Updated: 34 days ago.

Kevin Toney of The Blackbyrds has died

Published: 23 Mar 2024. Updated: 34 days ago.

Gig choice UK scene 25 March-31 March

Published: 23 Mar 2024. Updated: 35 days ago.

April tour: the Mikkel Ploug trio in Ireland

Published: 22 Mar 2024. Updated: 36 days ago.

Track of the week: New World, the Nat Birchall Unity Ensemble, Ancient Archive of Sound

Published: 22 Mar 2024. Updated: 36 days ago.

May festival: George Colligan, Julian Siegel and Meilana Gillard among the line-up for Derry jazz

Published: 21 Mar 2024. Updated: 36 days ago.

Moor Mother, The Great Bailout, Anti- Records ***

Published: 21 Mar 2024. Updated: 36 days ago.

Eurojazz clubbing 24-31 March selections

Published: 21 Mar 2024. Updated: 37 days ago.

Summer Camargo, To Whom I Love, Blue Engine ***1/2

Published: 20 Mar 2024. Updated: 37 days ago.

Messengers in Jazz With Peter Bernstein, At Termansens, Termansen Music ***1/2

Published: 20 Mar 2024. Updated: 37 days ago.

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and The Lost Empire of Cool by James Kaplan ****

Published: 20 Mar 2024. Updated: 7 days ago.

Interview with Kenny Garrett ahead of Who Killed AI?

Published: 20 Mar 2024. Updated: 10 days ago.

Olga Konkova, The Pianist's Garden, Losen Records ***1/2

Published: 19 Mar 2024. Updated: 39 days ago.

Trio HLK, Anthropometricks, Ubuntu ***1/2

Published: 18 Mar 2024. Updated: 39 days ago.

The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, Impulse ****

Published: 18 Mar 2024. Updated: 40 days ago.

Nu Civilisation Orchestra to play ClassiKhan

Published: 18 Mar 2024. Updated: 39 days ago.

Most clicked on stories run on marlbank over the last month

Published: 17 Mar 2024. Updated: 39 days ago.

Matthew Rotker-Lynn, Introducing, Cellar Live ***

Published: 17 Mar 2024. Updated: 41 days ago.

Tutu Puoane, Wrapped in Rhythm Vol 1, SoulFactory Records ****

Published: 16 Mar 2024. Updated: 40 days ago.

Catherine Sikora, Susan Alcorn, Filament, Relative Pitch ***

Published: 16 Mar 2024. Updated: 41 days ago.

Jazz Gig Choice: 19-24 March

Published: 16 Mar 2024. Updated: 40 days ago.

Empirical, Wonder Is The Beginning, Whirlwind ***1/2

Published: 15 Mar 2024. Updated: 42 days ago.