Benjamin's first two albums were in the soul-funk realm, her third a Coltrane tribute in the modal sphere. She sees Phoenix blending the two In the event it is essentially about loss, grieving, and ...

A refined sense of understatement defines this set throughout, the three-way communication and interplay of the trio consistently delivered in exquisite fashion. The trio might stretch out a bit on ...

Well, it’s a good, attention-grabbing title and the answer is that they do know what they’re doing, and they do it well. Penn Jillette is a magician and illusionist in the USA and, I’m informed, a ...

Not a new musical sub-genre, but an Arts Council funded organisation in north London, Queer Jazz aims to promote LGBTQIA+ jazz performers Claiming that “most jazz fans would struggle to name more than ...

Jazz FM, the London-based radio station, this year resumes its jazz awards scheme, with categories including soul and blues acts of the year. Nick Pitts, Jazz FM content director, says of the awards, ...

Val Wilmer with her shots of Dexter Gordon and Johnny Griffin in the background Blue Moments, Black Sounds – A Retrospective has just opened at the Worldly, Wicked & Wise Gallery in north London, ...

Café Royal Books is an independent publisher of a wide range of documentary photography, the emphasis on social and cultural aspects of life. Each of its books stands on its own, giving a glimpse into ...

Sam Coombes: Time Of Life (33Jazz Records) | Anouar Brahem: After The Last Sky (ECM 2838) | Mark Turner: We Raise Them To Lift Their Heads (Loveland Music LLM023) | AuB: Folk Devils (Whirlwind ...

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this cheerful set is the absence of Dave Holland. Although he toured with the trio this summer, all the acoustic bass sounds here are synthesised. Were funds ...

Milky smoke from an incense stick is pirouetting around a dozen porcelain cats and one bowl of dry-roasted peanuts. Alto saxophonist Caroline Davis lights a candle. Then she opens a copy of Before The ...

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Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook with Horace silver on piano at the Birdhouse in Chicago in December 1960. Photo by Laird Scott Junior Cook (1934-1992) occupies a paradoxical space, simultaneously one of ...