Trumpeter and singer Muoneké has become a favourite at this venue in Taunton’s Paul Street: as ever he charmed the audience ...

Brian Kane, the author of this book, is a Yale academic and an experienced jazz musician. And that may explain why some of the book was of no interest to me and some was very interesting indeed. The ...

Michael Doyle’s title is striking but also misleading. Ostensibly about the adventures (and misadventures) of Artie Shaw’s ...

Conspicuously absent from the reference books, the intriguingly named trumpeter and cornetist Webster Young (1932-2003), was ...

Lakecia Benjamin New York alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin charged right out of the gate with her “warmup tune” Trane – ...

This was originally released in 1958 via Prestige and recorded three days after a Columbia session for the Miles Davis album ...

Born in Paris and raised in Scotland, Rebecca Vasmant has become an unofficial ambassador for contemporary jazz. Drawing ...

I had the pleasure of seeing New-York-based drummer and composer Allison Miller seven years ago when she was playing Newport ...

I first met Gale Madden at a record shop in Bellingham, Washington in the late 80s. As we stood digging a CD of vintage Roy ...

Pianist-composer Jim Doherty’s octet album was recorded in 1986 with close friends Louis Stewart (guitar) and Bobby Shew ...

A few days ahead of International Jazz Day 2025 (30 April), the Hanseatic city of Bremen was once again, for a few days, an ...