Comparatively unknown in the United Kingdom – although he appeared at Cadogan Hall in the London Boogie Woogie Festival last year - Lluis Coloma is the leading blues and...
One of the most enjoyable and inspiring gigs I've caught in some while came courtesy of the award-winning Shrikanth Sriram, better known as Shri. The Bengaluru-born, Mumbai-raised and Croydon-domiciled...
I enjoyed making the acquaintance of the new online version of JJ and reading about Brian Morton's encounter with trumpeter Ted Curson in Finland in his excellent Alt. takes 01/19...
Musical discussions with Chicago's modernists usually reveal the extent of the interaction between jazz and blues in that city. Because of this, it is no real surprise to find...
Many jazzers of a certain age – include me in - will remember seeing this pioneering documentary, directed by the distinguished photographer Bert Stern and filmed over four days...