Jazz Posts

Does Personal Belongings live up to all the enticement of the pre-release tracks?

Published: 18 Sep 2021. Updated: 5 hours ago.

Marcin Wasilewski trio, En attendant, ECM ****

Published: 18 Sep 2021. Updated: 9 hours ago.

George Mraz has died aged 77

Published: 17 Sep 2021. Updated: 27 hours ago.

Stacey Kent, Songs From Other Places, Candid ****

Published: 17 Sep 2021. Updated: 30 hours ago.

Welcome to marlbank: news from the scene and looking ahead to some rare Peter Cincotti Soho club dates

Published: 17 Sep 2021. Updated: 27 hours ago.

Best jazz of 2021 more than two-thirds of the way through the year

Published: 17 Sep 2021. Updated: 36 hours ago.

Family Plan make their debut

Published: 16 Sep 2021. Updated: 2 days ago.

Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Skyline, 5Passion *****

Published: 16 Sep 2021. Updated: 27 hours ago.

High Pulp, Motel Money feat. Takuya Kuroda, Anti- ****

Published: 15 Sep 2021. Updated: 3 days ago.

Christian McBride features on Jo Harrop's upcoming record The Heart Wants

Published: 15 Sep 2021. Updated: 3 days ago.

Billy Cobham to play Manchester's Blues Kitchen

Published: 15 Sep 2021. Updated: 3 days ago.

Looking ahead to Friday and the release of Wandersphere

Published: 14 Sep 2021. Updated: 4 days ago.

Inspiration of the worldwide jazz festival movement George Wein has died aged 95

Published: 14 Sep 2021. Updated: 4 days ago.

Blue Bolero from upcoming Abdullah Ibrahim solo piano album Solotude is streaming

Published: 13 Sep 2021. Updated: 5 days ago.

Most read and ace Irma Thomas to soundtrack your catch-up time

Published: 13 Sep 2021. Updated: 5 days ago.

A Keith Jarrett delight found in Alan Yentob's Imagine documentary on Tom Stoppard

Published: 12 Sep 2021. Updated: 5 days ago.

Eliane Elias, Mirror Mirror, Candid ****

Published: 12 Sep 2021. Updated: 6 days ago.

The day the album charts rewind to Black Acid Soul

Published: 10 Sep 2021. Updated: 7 days ago.

Mathias Eick, Begging, ECM *****

Published: 10 Sep 2021. Updated: 8 days ago.

Already won over by Winns Win: William Morris and John Russell-inspired Evan Parker album lead-off track streams

Published: 9 Sep 2021. Updated: 9 days ago.

Ian Shaw, Paul Edis and Josephine Davies set to light up Leyburn

Published: 9 Sep 2021. Updated: 9 days ago.

Crisp new jazz listening, today's top choice: Theon Cross, Sam Gendel, Jo Berger Myhre, Ladybird Orchestra

Published: 9 Sep 2021. Updated: 9 days ago.

A Scottish double bill introducing Georgia Cécile is a feature of the Limerick jazz festival on the 24th

Published: 9 Sep 2021. Updated: 9 days ago.

Boost for Irish jazz scene as Cork jazz festival is to return

Published: 8 Sep 2021. Updated: 9 days ago.

Phil Schaap has died

Published: 8 Sep 2021. Updated: 10 days ago.

Mark Kavuma and the Banger Factory, Eliud, Banger Factory Records ****

Published: 8 Sep 2021. Updated: 10 days ago.

Aeolian includes a recording of the last public performance by Keith Tippett

Published: 8 Sep 2021. Updated: 10 days ago.

Shez Raja and Orenda are among The Bear Club mix this month

Published: 8 Sep 2021. Updated: 10 days ago.

Looking ahead to next week's Magpie trio appearance in Leytonstone

Published: 7 Sep 2021. Updated: 11 days ago.

Omer Klein, Good Hands, Warner Germany ****

Published: 7 Sep 2021. Updated: 10 days ago.

Fire Music film blazes a revolutionary trail

Published: 7 Sep 2021. Updated: 11 days ago.

Aberdeen jazz fest grits its teeth to again deliver the biz

Published: 7 Sep 2021. Updated: 11 days ago.

Prima Donnas, KeitaBeat & Emily Roberts to hit Karamel

Published: 6 Sep 2021. Updated: 12 days ago.

Lis Wessberg: Yellow Map debut

Published: 6 Sep 2021. Updated: 12 days ago.

Matthew Bourne, Désinances, Sähkö *****

Published: 5 Sep 2021. Updated: 13 days ago.

Pat Metheny, Side-Eye NYC V1.IV, Modern ****

Published: 4 Sep 2021. Updated: 14 days ago.

Essential 10 – autumn gigs

Published: 4 Sep 2021. Updated: 5 days ago.

Marsden jazz fest returns

Published: 4 Sep 2021. Updated: 14 days ago.

Indies making a splash

Published: 3 Sep 2021. Updated: 15 days ago.

Oh, Vienna: solo Taborn

Published: 3 Sep 2021. Updated: 15 days ago.

Kazemde George, Things Line Up, Greenleaf ****

Published: 2 Sep 2021. Updated: 16 days ago.

Beam me up, Scotty

Published: 2 Sep 2021. Updated: 16 days ago.

Lady Blackbird, Black Acid Soul, Foundation/BMG *****

Published: 1 Sep 2021. Updated: 12 days ago.

Denise Donatelli, Mexican Divorce, Savant ****

Published: 1 Sep 2021. Updated: 17 days ago.

Dave Liebman, Lazy Bird, Dot Time ****

Published: 31 Aug 2021. Updated: 18 days ago.

Daniel García trio, Canción del fuego fatuo, ACT *****

Published: 30 Aug 2021. Updated: 18 days ago.

5 tracks to set up your listening for September

Published: 29 Aug 2021. Updated: 19 days ago.

Backstage interview with Lady Blackbird and Chris Seefried at the 100 Club

Published: 28 Aug 2021. Updated: 19 days ago.

Track of the day: Chelsea Carmichael, There is You and You, Native Rebel ****

Published: 28 Aug 2021. Updated: 21 days ago.

Track of the day: Lyle Mays, Eberhard *****

Published: 27 Aug 2021. Updated: 21 days ago.

Lady Blackbird, 100 Club

Published: 26 Aug 2021. Updated: 22 days ago.

Live: George Crowley, Rob Luft, Tim Giles, Vortex

Published: 25 Aug 2021. Updated: 21 days ago.

Take off your shoes and have a ball: Deeply mellow remix of Frank's Tune from Makaya McCraven

Published: 25 Aug 2021. Updated: 24 days ago.

Track of the week: Terence Blanchard, Fall, Blue Note *****

Published: 24 Aug 2021. Updated: 25 days ago.

Eliane Elias piano duo album Mirror Mirror: a must for the autumn

Published: 23 Aug 2021. Updated: 20 days ago.

Kevin Sun, Du Yi's Choir, Endectomorph ****

Published: 23 Aug 2021. Updated: 26 days ago.

Smiles all round over Joshua Crumbly's single The See

Published: 23 Aug 2021. Updated: 26 days ago.

Kazuo Ishiguro co-writes to appear on Stacey Kent's Songs From Other Places

Published: 23 Aug 2021. Updated: 26 days ago.

Marcin Wasilewski trio, In Motion Pt 1, ECM *****

Published: 22 Aug 2021. Updated: 27 days ago.

Letters to Gil: A Memoir, Malik Al Nasir

Published: 21 Aug 2021. Updated: 28 days ago.

The Claudia Quintet and Eileen Myles riff where banned words are rife

Published: 21 Aug 2021. Updated: 28 days ago.

Track of the week: Helen Sung, Feed the Fire, Sunnyside ****

Published: 20 Aug 2021. Updated: 29 days ago.

Why Kai, Deep Fishing, Jazzland ****

Published: 20 Aug 2021. Updated: 29 days ago.

Nu Civilisation Orchestra and Colin Salmon to tour Marvin's What’s Going On

Published: 19 Aug 2021. Updated: 30 days ago.

Track of the day: Omer Klein trio and Sun Girl ****

Published: 19 Aug 2021. Updated: 30 days ago.

Shaw thing as Melanie Charles covers Woman of the Ghetto

Published: 19 Aug 2021. Updated: 29 days ago.

Xhosa Cole, The Comet is Coming, Cymande & Nubya Garcia for Mostly Jazz, Funk and Soul in Birmingham this weekend

Published: 18 Aug 2021. Updated: 31 days ago.

Towards the Emerald city Katharine Timoney returns with Don't Fret

Published: 18 Aug 2021. Updated: 31 days ago.

Autumn release ahead for Steph Richards and Joshua White's Zephyr

Published: 18 Aug 2021. Updated: 31 days ago.

Nubya Garcia to debut tomorrow night at the Proms

Published: 17 Aug 2021. Updated: 32 days ago.

What's on: gigs to go to

Published: 17 Aug 2021. Updated: 32 days ago.

Luke Bainbridge quartet recording Surface Tension marks the drummer's debut

Published: 17 Aug 2021. Updated: 31 days ago.

Track of the day: Ism, Dahlia, Umlaut ****

Published: 17 Aug 2021. Updated: 31 days ago.

Track of the day: Aakash Mittal Awaz Trio's Nocturne III ****

Published: 16 Aug 2021. Updated: 33 days ago.

A priority book for the autumn – Ode to a Tenor Titan: The Life and Times and Music of Michael Brecker

Published: 16 Aug 2021. Updated: 33 days ago.

Details of October Out of Nowhere Cool It Records Kristian Borring release

Published: 16 Aug 2021. Updated: 30 days ago.

Good vibes to mark the September return of the Spice

Published: 16 Aug 2021. Updated: 33 days ago.

100 club Lady Blackbird show ahead as Black Acid Soul tracks seize the day

Published: 15 Aug 2021. Updated: 34 days ago.

Latest playlist: jazz vocals top 10 in 2021

Published: 15 Aug 2021. Updated: 34 days ago.

Rethink needed over jazz coverage in the UK papers

Published: 15 Aug 2021. Updated: 34 days ago.

Eivind Aarset 4tet, Outbound, Jazzland *****

Published: 14 Aug 2021. Updated: 35 days ago.

What's on

Published: 14 Aug 2021. Updated: 35 days ago.

The Royal Krunk Jazz Orkestra, The Sirius Mystery opus 4 no.1, Ropeadope *****

Published: 13 Aug 2021. Updated: 36 days ago.

Track of the day: Leaving East of Java by the Andrew Cyrille Quartet ****

Published: 13 Aug 2021. Updated: 36 days ago.

Gestalt, Vortex, London

Published: 12 Aug 2021. Updated: 35 days ago.

Randy Brecker is featured on Chris Standring's Abbey Road-recorded Wonderful World

Published: 12 Aug 2021. Updated: 37 days ago.

Composers Ensemble mind the gap in Birmingham with new work by Aaron Diaz, Georgia Denham and Anna Palmer

Published: 12 Aug 2021. Updated: 37 days ago.

Angelika Niescier and Alexander Hawkins deliver a radically altered version of Muhal Richard Abrams' Arhythm Songy on their new album Soul in Plain Sight

Published: 11 Aug 2021. Updated: 36 days ago.

Chet Doxas teams up with Ethan Iverson and Thomas Morgan for Mark Twain tribute Twelve foot blues

Published: 11 Aug 2021. Updated: 38 days ago.

In the bass domain where Mats Eilertsen illuminates

Published: 11 Aug 2021. Updated: 38 days ago.

Yussef Dayes and Tom Misch are Ivor nominated for What Kinda Music

Published: 11 Aug 2021. Updated: 38 days ago.

Jason Rebello & Jim Doherty: in the mix for New Ross Piano

Published: 10 Aug 2021. Updated: 39 days ago.

Live: Alex Ridout trio + Joey Curreri, The Oxford Tavern, Kentish Town, London

Published: 9 Aug 2021. Updated: 39 days ago.

October release for the stellar Kevin Brady Electric Quartet's Plan B

Published: 9 Aug 2021. Updated: 40 days ago.

Are you going to Scarborough Jazz?

Published: 9 Aug 2021. Updated: 40 days ago.

Coming up: what's on

Published: 9 Aug 2021. Updated: 40 days ago.

Bear club Tony Kofi appearance is a return to Luton where the quintet's Another Kind of Soul was recorded

Published: 8 Aug 2021. Updated: 41 days ago.

Jo Berger Myhre, Aviary ****

Published: 8 Aug 2021. Updated: 41 days ago.

Jazz North board doubles in size as six new trustees are appointed

Published: 8 Aug 2021. Updated: 41 days ago.

An early autumn release ahead for Imaginary Visions

Published: 8 Aug 2021. Updated: 41 days ago.