BBC Sessions 1968-1970 (RANDB101) Once again, Nick Duckett’s RandB Records mines the rich vein of material from the BBC ...

Until she died, in January 1918, I had no problem thinking of Marlene VerPlanck as the finest female vocalist currently ...

The Rhodes electric piano, reviled by many purists, but a key new sound in jazz from the late 1960s on, is the centre of ...

Welcome Back, Adam” – this is how the second concert in the jubilee season of the Kalisz Philharmonic was titled to ...

Thomas Melia reckons British pop star Raye’s reprise of familiar blues and soul moves is 'enough to draw emotion out of even ...

The Performing Rights Society – the body that has pursued music publishing rights since 1914 and is now styled PRS For Music ...

In November 2024 the seemingly indefatigable saxophonist Art Themen celebrates his 85th birthday and this record marks that ...

My baptism into live jazz began with concerts by three legendary pianists at what was then called the New Victoria ...

Young Anders Malta, a student in 2016, heard the visiting Ernie Wilkins Almost Big Band and was impressed. The Danish ...

Italian guitarist Dall’Asta has achieved considerable success with his fusion of “gypsy jazz” and popular music to produce ...

The Chicago-based singer, mentored by Barbara Lea and highly rated in the US jazz press, talks about how and what she chooses ...

Teasing liner notes often amuse in telling one little about the music being played. This is especially true of the latest ...