Back in the day, when you and I were young, Maggie, and your local Essoldo offered not one, but two feature films, a newsreel ...

Returning To Forever (Candid CAN 33352) Following my review last month of the Del Sasso Big Band’s revisioning of Chick Corea ...

It might have seemed lately that the tastes of British politicians don’t extend beyond Taylor Swift and Oasis but on 29 ...

The ever-alert Norman Granz took over Billie’s (faltering) career in the 1940s, and featured her extensively in his early ...

For me this album represents an atoll of tranquillity in a sea of chaos. For though it was recorded barely one year ago as I ...

They say : Tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson reunites with renowned poet, activist and educator Nikki Giovanni for a second ...

This month’s digest starts with two excellent releases from piano-led bands. After a considerable break, Neil Cowley returns ...

Anyone who like me used to eagerly wait for the next Bennie Green LP to be released will love this CD by Dr. Isrea Butler.

Classically trained and with a lifelong interest in jazz, the versatile and experienced violinist Mathilde Febrer has worked ...

Just before signing for the prestigious Columbia Records label in 1956 the Miles Davis quintet recorded their final four LPs ...

Edited by David Adler – who contributes a piece of “self-confessed shameless promotion” in a prolix introduction to this ...

Calgaréal is a dynamic new Canadian cross-country collective. The project fuses together two distinct musical scenes; that of ...