Shabaka, who will be at the Royal Festival Hall on 30 November, is “an emblematic artist for the age.” Feature by Phil Johnson Shabaka. Photo credit Lauren Luxenburg Much of the ...

Steel-pannist, composer and keyboardist Mark Cherrie is steeped in the Trinidad-jazz tradition through family ties (dad Ralph was one of the leading early lights of the Notting Hill Carnival) and work ...

Sad to hear about the passing of the legendary Benny Golson, one of the true greats of jazz. I was privileged to play a couple of tours in Spain and Ireland with Benny, the great drummer Keith ...

Our aim is that when audiences leave, they feel like they know us and that they’ll come back and see us again.” Top UK swing orchestra Down for the Count is returning to Cadogan ...

Celebrated Norwegian sax maestro Marius Neset and his compatriot classical pianist Leif Ove Andsnes here unite their skills to create an exciting hybrid, composed music that sounds improvised. That’s ...

Patricia Brennan is a vibes and marimba player originally from Veracruz in Mexico who has spent the last 20 years in the USA. For her latest album she has added three horns – trumpeter Adam O’Farrill ...

‘So nice to see a busy room,’ said pianist and composer Claire Cope after her eleven-piece ensemble had played their first piece, the eponymous ‘Every Journey (Has a New Beginning)’ from her second ...

For more than two decades pianist Liam Noble has been a key figure on the vibrant British Jazz scene, both as a sideman and leader. He has collaborated with musicians including Dave Liebman, Tim Berne ...

Nigel Tully describes the group – who, according to the format meet just a couple of hours before the concert to decide on the repetoire – as “an exceptionally strong group with no weak points and ...

The series of recordings the veteran Brazilian star Marcos Valle has made for the London-based label Far Out has been a reliable repository of quality Rio jazz-funk with a distinctive authorial ...

There is a strong UK representation in Artistic Director Nadin Deventer’s programme – she has been director since the 2018 festival. Alexander Hawkins is in two different formations, and Kit Downes ...

Since 2023, Livia Records have meticulously restored and re-released three Louis Stewart albums: Some Other Blues, Out On His Own and Louis the First. Now they’ve released a rarity that will surely ...