Fire In Orbit Bringing huge credit to my home city is the Hill Collective, a Brighton-based ensemble rooted in spiritual jazz ...

Jagged Edges & Elegant Lines On Jagged Edges & Elegant Lines the Singapore-born, Boston-based composer Ayn Inserto presents a ...

Although in the middle of a series of several successful records for Blue Note in 1961, Blakey departed to United Artists that year to make what turned out to be a single, isolated set, originally ...

This is a welcome (if incomplete) release of two concert performances by Cannonball’s early quintet (“plus one”). The first was organised by Norman Granz for a 1960 JATP European tour – which also ...

Unfortunately I only caught about 10 minutes of Robert Glasper’s set because his group came on nearly an hour after schedule ...

Mingus Ah Um In a discography replete with notable recordings (133 as a leader) there are at least three Charles Mingus ...

The Hits The concept of a heavy pick-up arm requiring a steel needle that had to be replaced after less than a dozen playings ...

Live At The Beaver Inn I am not familiar with Tommaso Starace and pleasantly surprised. Hot on the heels of peer and champion Eric Alexander, the Milanese tenor saxophonist – naturalised Englishman ...

In Pas(s)ing First and foremost the late guitarist Mick Goodrick regarded himself as an educator and teacher rather than a musician in need of a gig. He only recorded half a dozen albums under his own ...

Though events like the Montreal International Jazz Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival are longtime institutions, the DC ...

This is the latest edition of many albums with similar contents and titles issued by various companies over the past few ...