The world-renowned guitarist made his debut in 1976 and subsequently attracted public attention far beyond that accorded to ...

Solo bass albums can be rare and intimidating, but Rich Brown’s NYAEBA proves that the instrument is as capable of ...

Hania Rani has made a quiet career out of music that seems to hover just above the ground, and Sentimental Value might be one of her most weightless, emotionally attuned works to date. Composed for ...

Pianist Tom Oren exudes the confidence of a man who understands who he is, what he wants, and where he’s going. Still not yet ...

Marking his sixth project in as many years, London-based guitarist Harry Christelis unveils the veritable delight that is ...

Iceland may not be the first country that comes to mind when mapping the fault lines of contemporary jazz, but albums like ...

A Box Set Review The career of Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stańko, spanning the 1960s through the 2000s, is a testament to his ...

Buying music from the age of 8. Bought my first ‘jazz’ album at the age of 12 and hopelessly obsessed ever since. Brought up ...

It’s easy to hear a personal impulse at work on “Dignity”, the latest release from Isabelle Bodenseh. And it’s precisely that ...

There’s a familiar spark to Ingrid Jensen’s playing that’s been there since her emergence in the 1990s – that burnished, singing trumpet tone allied to a restless, searching musical intelligence. From ...

It would be difficult to overestimate the degree to which Buddy! announces Stephen Parisi Jr. as a bassist unusually conscious of lineage, obligation and musical etiquette. Debut albums are so often ...

Vocalist and songwriter Sara Colman has been a quietly influential presence on the British jazz scene for several years. Born in Bristol, she is a graduate of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and ...