Sinclair Traill found Shorter's compositions rather contrived and his tone too astringent, but he liked Reggie Workman and ...

Barry McRae found John Stevens and Trevor Watts' tribute to two avant-garde drummers a rocking record and a joyful affirmation of free jazz principles ...

Heart-rending low tones and soul-splitting high notes characterise Ambrose Akinmusire’s trumpet voice. But you don’t get much brass for your buck on his recent records. This ninth release as leader ...

Jazz FM, the London-based radio station, this year resumes it jazz awards scheme, with categories including soul and blues ...

This group recorded its first album back in 2021 which received a positive response from the Italian critics, leading to personal accolades for leader Daniele Nasi, a saxophonist whose creative ...

In a previous column I reviewed a couple of albums by Satoko Fujii, commented on the astonishing statistics of her output ...

Only posterity will show whether Howard Riley is a European Cecil Taylor, an avant-garde John Lewis, a jazz Stockhausen or ...

In Brassroots Democracy, author Benjamin Barson presents a “music history from below”, embracing the Haitian revolution, post-civil war reconstruction and early jazz. The term “brassroots democracy” ...