Forty years ago Michael Tucker heard the 'perfect rebuttal of a recent, patronising description of ECM as "the Habitat ...

Forty years ago Martin Isherwood saw the Rolling Stones drummer leading such luminaries of British jazz as Stan Tracey, Harry ...

Forty years ago Simon Adams found that Ra's leopard-skin frock didn't disguise the sloppiness of his musical presentation ...

The trio-debut of pianist, composer and 2025 MacArthur Fellow Craig Taborn with Tomeka Reid and Ches Smith has been eagerly awaited. The trio’s approach on Dream Archives is full of complexity, yet as ...

Forty years ago Mark Gilbert hailed one of the key modern jazz guitar records, a singular session replete with chromatic virtuosity ...

December 2025, including Brandon Sanders, Woody Shaw, Gene Shelby, Wes Smith and Dave Stryker // Editor's pick: Dave Stryker ...

Forty years ago Simon Adams wanted to hear more of Man Jumping's danceable, always swinging mix of systems music, funk, ...

Forty years ago Chris Yates saw the Yorkshire trio's organic mix of Mississippi blues, prog-rock and jazz reconvened in ...

Jazz Magic Pete has augmented his regular sextet here, adding a second reedsman, Trevor Whiting, and guitarist and banjoist Max Brittain. Both make valuable contributions. Pete and trombonist Roger ...

Forty years ago Mark Gilbert saw guitarist Rypdal's trio confirm that it was now OK for the jazz fan to listen to heavy metal music ...

Forty years ago Mike Hennessey reviewed a book that asked, in the light of the survival of jazz in Germany 1939-45, whether oppression is all it's made out to be ...

Fifty years ago Mark Gardner saw a once reliable jazz player prostrate before the temptation of 'commercial trivia' ...