Sara Serpa is a singer of a different order who loosely embodies a strand of “the tradition” in which the taking of risks is ...

Historically there haven’t been too many jazz harmonica players – the blues collared the market. The name of virtuoso Larry ...

Lillian “Lil” Hardin Armstrong is a name most jazz aficionados recognize, having read it in the annals and footnotes of jazz history, but often mistakenly gloss over it in passing as a detail in the ...

Saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins’s third album for Blue Note is a big departure for him. As a concept, it’s played out on a broad ...

I don’t rate myself,” asserts saxophonist Art Themen. “I’m just a jobbing musician who’s been very, very lucky.” It’s an ...

In his From March 1979 the Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer – a favourites of such distinguished Scandinavians as Jan Garbarek ...

Deborah Silver walked on to the stand at Crazy Coqs, grabbed the audience by the scruff of the neck and didn’t let go til ...

Canadian-born composer and pianist Renee Rosnes is widely respected for a series of small-group albums she made for Blue Note ...

Religious and scientific mysteries inspired this duo release from pianist Rachel Eckroth and percussionist John Hadfield. The ...

New Jersey born pianist Chris Hopkins has spent much of his life in Germany, where he now resides. Over a long and busy ...

They say : Veterans of the Scandinavian jazz and improvisation scene – pianist Mathias Landæus, bassist Nina de Heney, and drummer Kresten Osgood – have spent a decade cultivating a rare musical ...

Echt!: Boilerism They say : Since ECHT!’s debut, one question remained: should their music be heard live or in a packed club?