Trumpeter Guy Barker, well-known as in the vanguard of the first so-called British jazz revival of the 1980s, when he played ...

Monk’s third solo album (the first was Thelonious Alone and the second Thelonious Himself) came about because producer Orrin ...

If there actually are any contemporaries of mine out there, readers who recall the popular music landscape before rock got ...

If you are looking for musicians to celebrate a bassist as unmistakable and influential as Ray Brown this trio surely sits ...

Saxophonist, flautist, composer and sometime bass-player Pete Canter made his mark on the London jazz scene in the 1980s.

When an album includes a selection of standards, it’s always interesting to see how they are handled and occasionally the old joke about playing all the right notes but not necessarily in the right ...

They say : London-based alto saxophonist Donovan Haffner releases his highly anticipated debut album ‘Alleviate’, a 9-track collection of original compositions recorded with Donovan’s quintet and is a ...

This Danish release follows hot on the heels of last year’s issue on Timeless of the fourth album in the Eastern Rebellion series (reviewed in JJI, November 1984). Third Set was actually re­corded six ...

Jazz Journal critics were invited to allot 100 points to 10 choices from the albums reviewed in Jazz Journal in 2018, with a maximum of 20 points per choice. After unhurried, seemly and properly ...

A refined sense of understatement defines this set throughout, the three-way communication and interplay of the trio consistently delivered in exquisite fashion. The trio might stretch out a bit on ...

Yet another jazz dynasty may be upon us as Bill Evans’ grandson releases a recital of Evans compositions. Evans On Evans (Shamus Records) features Bill Evans pieces reinterpreted by the 16-year-old ...

One of the more curious movements to emerge in popular music of the 1950s was known as “exotica”. Its main exponent was the pianist and composer Martin Denny, and this, his 1957 album, topped ...