Jazz Posts

Feeling Good songwriter for the ages Leslie Bricusse has died

Published: 20 Oct 2021. Updated: 2 hours ago.

Jazzer. Welcome. ''Not all those who wander are lost'' – J. R. R. Tolkien

Published: 20 Oct 2021. Updated: 27 minutes ago.

Corey Mwamba City vibes seminar

Published: 19 Oct 2021. Updated: 19 hours ago.

Louis Hayes, Roses Poses, Savant ****

Published: 19 Oct 2021. Updated: 21 hours ago.

Jeppe Gram, The Doldrums, Storyville ***

Published: 19 Oct 2021. Updated: 19 hours ago.

It's ''me time'' as must-hear tracks stream ahead of Hymn for Hope

Published: 18 Oct 2021. Updated: 39 hours ago.

Chelsea Carmichael, The River Doesn't Like Strangers, Native Rebel ****

Published: 18 Oct 2021. Updated: 41 hours ago.

Onze Heures Onze: jazz in Paris

Published: 18 Oct 2021. Updated: 41 hours ago.

Introducing Ayumi Tanaka

Published: 18 Oct 2021. Updated: 2 days ago.

What's on from 18-23 October

Published: 18 Oct 2021. Updated: 47 hours ago.

Gigs: best so far in 21 updated

Published: 18 Oct 2021. Updated: 2 days ago.

John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle, Impulse ***

Published: 18 Oct 2021. Updated: 2 days ago.

Ohad Talmor trio, Mixo Mode 19, Intakt ****

Published: 17 Oct 2021. Updated: 2 days ago.

Kurt Elling, SuperBlue, Edition ***

Published: 17 Oct 2021. Updated: 3 days ago.

Theon Cross, Intra-I, New Soil ****

Published: 16 Oct 2021. Updated: 23 hours ago.

Return of the hack (and hat)

Published: 16 Oct 2021. Updated: 3 days ago.

BadBadNotGood's Talk Memory makes it into the new UK jazz and blues chart at no.2

Published: 15 Oct 2021. Updated: 4 days ago.

Beady Belle, Truth Wide Open, Jazzland ****

Published: 15 Oct 2021. Updated: 4 days ago.

Charged Particles with Tod Dickow, Live at the Baked Potato Play the Music of Michael Brecker, Summit ****

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

Weekend gig-going: Zhenya

Published: 15 Oct 2021. Updated: 4 days ago.

Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All-Stars, Black and Blue, Verve ****

Published: 15 Oct 2021. Updated: 5 days ago.

Top 2021 albums vlog

Published: 15 Oct 2021. Updated: 4 days ago.

Christopher Parker & The Band of Guardian Angels, Soul Food, Mahakala Music ****

Published: 14 Oct 2021. Updated: 5 days ago.

Daniel García trio, Vía de la Plata, ACT *****

Published: 14 Oct 2021. Updated: 5 days ago.

Corto.Alto continuing to set the Scottish scene pace have released 'Brotherhood'

Published: 14 Oct 2021. Updated: 6 days ago.

Bram De Looze teams up with Eric McPherson and Felix Henkelhausen on avant and African-flavoured Vice Versa

Published: 13 Oct 2021. Updated: 6 days ago.

These are the Dayes: Belfast Empire gig on the 28th announced

Published: 13 Oct 2021. Updated: 6 days ago.

How did you get into jazz? Tell us your story

Published: 13 Oct 2021. Updated: 6 days ago.

The BrknRecord feat Zara McFarlane, 'Lifeline', Mr Bongo ****

Published: 13 Oct 2021. Updated: 6 days ago.

Tips and recommendations plus a recap on what's hitting the spot with us most

Published: 13 Oct 2021. Updated: 6 days ago.

Sean Conly, The Buzz, 577 Records ****

Published: 13 Oct 2021. Updated: 6 days ago.

Raising awareness

Published: 13 Oct 2021. Updated: 7 days ago.

Gigs of 2021: latest update

Published: 13 Oct 2021. Updated: 7 days ago.

Looking ahead to Linda Fredriksson album Juniper

Published: 13 Oct 2021. Updated: 7 days ago.

Unreleased Eberhard Weber recording to be issued in November

Published: 12 Oct 2021. Updated: 7 days ago.

Georgia Anne Muldrow, Roscoe Mitchell, Ornette Coleman and Sun Ra pieces included on upcoming Darius Jones solo saxophone album

Published: 12 Oct 2021. Updated: 7 days ago.

Johan Lindvall Trio, Give Up, Jazzland ***

Published: 12 Oct 2021. Updated: 7 days ago.

Thomas Curbillon, Place Ste-Opportune, Jazz & People ****

Published: 12 Oct 2021. Updated: 7 days ago.

Ridley Road: today's Dalston where the drama is set is one of London's busiest jazz neighbourhoods

Published: 11 Oct 2021. Updated: 8 days ago.

Craig Taborn, Shadow Plays, ECM ***

Published: 8 Oct 2021. Updated: 11 days ago.

Matthew Shipp, Spiderweb, Tao Forms ****

Published: 8 Oct 2021. Updated: 11 days ago.

Hiromi, Silver Lining Suite, Telarc ***

Published: 8 Oct 2021. Updated: 12 days ago.

Nicholas Payton plays with not one but two Miles icons grooving spectacularly all the way

Published: 8 Oct 2021. Updated: 12 days ago.

Coinciding with his Blue Note residency and with Black Radio 3 to be issued in 2022 here's the Robert Glasper just-released single Shine

Published: 7 Oct 2021. Updated: 12 days ago.

Chelsea Carmichael, Bone and Soil, Native Rebel ****

Published: 7 Oct 2021. Updated: 12 days ago.

Check out the Nala Sinephro remix of Together Is A Beautiful Place To Be ahead of Source remix album We Move and upcoming Nubya Garcia English tour

Published: 7 Oct 2021. Updated: 12 days ago.

Irene Serra, Helena Kay and Errol Linton in the jazz mix at the Brink

Published: 6 Oct 2021. Updated: 13 days ago.

Tom Farmer, Chris Biscoe, Buckley and Siegel: East Side club highlights

Published: 6 Oct 2021. Updated: 13 days ago.

Wigmore Hall appearance - big one - tonight by jazz giants Christian McBride and Jason Moran: go hear

Published: 6 Oct 2021. Updated: 14 days ago.

Jo Harrop, The Heart Wants, Lateralize *****

Published: 5 Oct 2021. Updated: 14 days ago.

Outstanding new cut through artists who resonate most of all

Published: 5 Oct 2021. Updated: 14 days ago.

The Kevin Brady Electric Quartet, Plan B, Ubuntu *****

Published: 4 Oct 2021. Updated: 15 days ago.

Christine Tobin into the West

Published: 4 Oct 2021. Updated: 15 days ago.

A must for Kenny Wheeler fans: as Wheeler compositions for Chris Laurence are to be released for the first time

Published: 4 Oct 2021. Updated: 15 days ago.

The epic Freetrio

Published: 3 Oct 2021. Updated: 4 days ago.

James Brandon Lewis, 'Resonance,' Intakt ****

Published: 3 Oct 2021. Updated: 16 days ago.

Pablo Held, Embracing You, Hopalit ****

Published: 3 Oct 2021. Updated: 11 days ago.

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Where Rivers Meet ***

Published: 2 Oct 2021. Updated: 18 days ago.

In brief: Dreamers, Lennart Åberg RIP and a Dave Gisler Trio/Jaimie Branch Belfast show coming up

Published: 2 Oct 2021. Updated: 18 days ago.

Leo Abrahams, Grain Vinyl, Figureeight ***

Published: 2 Oct 2021. Updated: 18 days ago.

Jorge Rossy and Jeff Ballard combine with Robert Landfermann for Puerta

Published: 1 Oct 2021. Updated: 18 days ago.

The Late Late Show to return to Ronnie's for elevenses on Wednesday with Rachael Cohen and Mark Kavuma among the draws

Published: 1 Oct 2021. Updated: 18 days ago.

Trading old dreams for new the Bill Charlap trio are ready Street's ahead

Published: 1 Oct 2021. Updated: 19 days ago.

Mark Lewandowski, Under One Sky ****

Published: 1 Oct 2021. Updated: 19 days ago.

Inevitable given a fixation with celebrity that Love For Sale is picking up the glare of publicity but these 10 lesser known jazz-vocals albums from 21 are all you need

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

Guinness Cork Jazz Festival line-up for 2021 is announced

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

Theon Cross, Forward Progression II, New Soil ****

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

Yuma Uesaka and Marilyn Crispell, Streams, NotTwo/Polyfold ***

Published: 30 Sep 2021. Updated: 20 days ago.

Joris Teepe and Don Braden, Chemistry, Creative Perspective ****

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

The super-groovy soul-jazz Hammond organ master Dr Lonnie Smith has died at the age of 79

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

Mathias Eick, When We Leave, ECM ****

Published: 29 Sep 2021. Updated: 21 days ago.

Big band Neame – a landmark moment for the UK jazz scene

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

The Adam O'Farrill Sakamoto-inspired Stakra is now streaming

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

Trends this year: deep soul, flying Scots, hard bop and Afrofuturism

Published: 28 Sep 2021. Updated: 22 days ago.

Esperanza Spalding, Songwrights Apothecary Lab, Concord Records *****

Published: 28 Sep 2021. Updated: 22 days ago.

Big uplift in readership on marlbank in 2021 so far latest figures indicate

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

Daniel Casimir, Safe (Part 3), Jazz re:freshed ****

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

Soho and Hampstead club dates for Luiz Morais as In the Weave rolls out

Published: 27 Sep 2021. Updated: 23 days ago.

Dreamsville: what makes for good jazz club programming anyway?

Published: 27 Sep 2021. Updated: 23 days ago.

First Wadada Leo Smith, Vijay Iyer and Jack DeJohnette recording to be issued

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

The Kevin Brady quartet's tumbling Suicide Squeeze streams ahead of Plan B and their Sligo theatre show

Published: 26 Sep 2021. Updated: 24 days ago.

Peter Cincotti interview

Published: 26 Sep 2021. Updated: 14 days ago.

Anat Cohen and Marcello Gonçalves, 'Reconvexo,' Anzic ****

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

Coup for Georgia Cécile who makes it to no. 3 in the official UK jazz and blues chart as profile soars

Published: 25 Sep 2021. Updated: 25 days ago.

Chet Doxas, You Can't Take It With You, Whirlwind ****

Published: 25 Sep 2021. Updated: 25 days ago.

Funk and jazz icon Pee Wee Ellis has died at the age of 80

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

Mark Kavuma and the Big Beat + guest George Kelly, Ninety One Living Room, Brick Lane

Published: 23 Sep 2021. Updated: 17 days ago.

Emma Rawicz, Vortex, Dalston

Published: 23 Sep 2021. Updated: 17 days ago.

Peter Cincotti, Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho

Published: 23 Sep 2021. Updated: 17 days ago.

Jo Berger Myhre, Unheimlich Manoeuvre, RareNoise ****

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

Previously unreleased and earliest known Sheila Jordan recording Comes Love Lost Session 1960 paints a vivid picture

Published: 22 Sep 2021. Updated: 28 days ago.

Marcus Bonfanti and Jihad Darwish, Green Note basement, Camden Town

Published: 21 Sep 2021. Updated: 17 days ago.

Clutch of Be-Bop Club gigs hatch at the Hen and Chicken

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

Erkin Cavus and Reentko Dirks, Istanbul 1900, Traumton ****

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

Cherise, Liane Carroll and Julian Siegel in the Brighton jazz festival line-up: click for more plus dates & handy link

Published: 20 Sep 2021. Updated: 30 days ago.

Ensemble Edge tribute to Jan Johansson delivers an appealing angle

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

Sparkling upness from Nishla Smith touring Friends With Monsters soon

Published: 19 Sep 2021. Updated: 31 days ago.

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

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

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

Published: 18 Sep 2021. Updated: 32 days ago.

George Mraz has died aged 77

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