Rymden has provided a forum for Bugge Wesseltoft (former nu-jazz architect), Dan Berglund, and Magnus Öström (both formerly of e.s.t.) where they can continue to grow and refine their craft in a ...

With the release of Anima, saxophonist Jon Lloyd has produced a worthy successor album to his widely acclaimed 2024 release Earth Songs. Featuring the same quartet lineup as before, the group explores ...

Sometimes the planets align and something special results. Taalah and Myrhe Olsen, Norwegian based but international of soul, have been around in various guises: Taalah has sung in more r’n’b stylings ...

American pianist-composer Myra Melford has led several distinguished bands over the decades, not least Snowy Egret but her current quintet Fire And Water ranks as one of her most interesting. Previous ...

Sharp Little Bones are a sax and rhythm quartet drawn from the house band of Nottingham’s Peggy’s Skylight jazz club. There, the rhythm section, a constant since the club opened in 2018, delivers ...

Coleridge Goode Joe Harriott Pat Smythe Shake Keane Bobby Orr ...

You’ll have problems stuffing this in your duffel bag on the bus back from Virgin. Oops, it’s not 1974 anymore is it? But after wading through this 14CD, 3-Blu ...

Since the start of his career, saxophonist James Brandon Lewis has shown a keen interest in musical and cultural history. Following projects inspired by gospel legend Mahalia Jackson and agricultural ...

Originally released on LP in 1965 with a selection from this exceptional concert at LA’s Shrine Auditorium, this finds Ray’s big band back on US soil after a four-month world tour, taking in the UK, ...

It's hard to believe that As The Spirit Leads is recent Trinity Laban Conservatoire graduate Christ-Stéphane Boizi's debut album, such is the maturity on display from this young trombonist. Released ...

Acclaimed British guitarist Nigel Price is set to team up with Canadian jazz legend Lorne Lofsky for a whirlwind UK tour this ...

The New Colours Festival in Gelsenkirchen transforms churches, coal mines and art spaces into resonating spaces for jazz – ...