In October, Graham Colombé reviewed Rolande Hugard-Gourley’s book and referred to pianist Henri Renaud’s words about the ...

Foreign Artists Singing In French 1931-1962 This is one for the Nice Novelties department. Exactly what it says on the tin, ...

City Lights This session led by Toronto-based pianist Anthony D’Alessandro is a joy to listen to from beginning to end. He is ...

The Songbook Sessions, Vol. 1 – 1920 Keeping the old tunes alive is an important part of the jazz tradition. Guitarist Glenn ...

Birds Not an album inspired by the pandemic but listening to Birds and the attention given to birdsong by Tommaso Iacoveillo, ...

In what might seem an already crowded scene, Soul Mama – in Stratford, East London – opened in September 2024 with quite a ...

Live At Smoke Nate Chinen’s informative sleeve note claims that the late Al Foster was born in 1943 but The New Grove ...

I first heard a large proportion of my all-time favourite British/Britain-based jazz musicians, live or on record, when they ...

The Copenhagen Sessions Vol. 2 The recent release of Vol. 1 of this 2016 pan-European endeavour was met with part-praise, part-reservation in Konstantin N. Rega’s JJ review. Acknowledging “an ...

Live At Joe’s Pub Lizzie Shapiro is inspired by the likes of Judy Garland, Maria Callas, Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday.

October 2025, including Keith Oxman, Nigel Price, Doug Raney, Emma Rawicz and Redtenbacher's Funkestra // Editor's pick: ...

Tidkapsel #1 With each successive release Norwegian saxophonist and composer Anders Lønne Grønseth discovers new vehicles for ...