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Xhosa Cole interview: “Monk was unapologetically himself… in Monk’s time the whole thing was like, how do I sound different?”
Saxophonist Xhosa Cole has a knack for making old songs sound new. He speaks to Thomas Rees about his latest album, ...
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The story of George Berry, London's first black licensee from the Windrush generation
How Jamaican George Berry became a pioneering Brixton landlord and how saxophonist Ralph Moore won his spurs. The ...
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The Player: Maeve Gilchrist
The New York-based, Scottish-born harpist speaks to David Gallant about her journey into jazz, early influences and the ...
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Reginald Foresythe: The Swingin’ Shooting Star
Stuart Nicholson shines a light on the brief but brilliant career of pianist-composer Reginald Foresythe, who took the jazz ...
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Introducing the February 2025 issue of Jazzwise, featuring Keith Jarrett
The February 2025 issue of Jazzwise includes interviews with Keith Jarrett, Samara Joy, Xhosa Cole, Aaron Parks, Myra ...
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Rising star vocalist Emily Masser returns with new album and UK tour dates
Singer and saxophonist Emily Masser, touted as one of UK's brightest new jazz talents, has a new album entitled Songs With My ...
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Video of the Day: Yazz Ahmed shares new single ‘Into The Night’ ahead of ICA headline show in March
The leading UK-based trumpeter has released another track from her eagerly anticipated new album A Paradise In The Hold in ...
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Mary Halvorson creates contrasting trumpet duos with Akinmusire and Evans
The two top-flight trumpeters took off in different directions with the acclaimed guitarist at this meeting of minds at NYC’s ...
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Ronnie Scott’s Announces New Musical Instrument Amnesty to Support Aspiring Musicians in the UK and Beyond
The Ronnie Scott’s Musical instrument Amnesty has donated over 3000 instruments since launching in 2015 and returns to the ...
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Some fine British jazz and many new discoveries fire up Brussels Jazz Festival in Flagey
Bands like Flock or Jake Long, young bassist and singer Amy Gadiaga, and Belgian pianist Bram De Looze were among the ...
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Marshall Allen interview: “The space age is here to stay, there’s no place you can run away”
A century ago an extraordinary singular human by the name of Marshall Allen was beamed to this planet. He was to go on to ...
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Women In Jazz announce ‘The Year Of Women In Jazz’ with live events, single releases and mentoring with new track from bassist Rosa Brunello
The pioneering organisation launch a 12 month programme of activities with the release of a new single ‘Uno Punto Uno’ from Italian bassist/composer Rosa Brunello ...