May 2026 - Page 2 of 3 - Jazz Journal

New Orleans fest navigates the compromise between pop and jazz

22 May 2026

Reviewed: Noa Levy & Paul Edis Trio | Michel Petrucciani

21 May 2026

Reviewed: Ray Charles | Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet | John Lee...

21 May 2026

Reviewed: Siril Malmedal Hauge & Kjetil Mulelid | Guido Spannocchi |...

21 May 2026

Reviewed: Alyn Shipton’s New Orleans Friends | Jack Wood

20 May 2026

Reviewed: John Lewis & Sacha Distel | McCoy Tyner | Melissa...

20 May 2026

Reviewed: Henri Texier | Anat Cohen Quartetinho | Mark Wade Trio...

20 May 2026

Reviewed: Gordon Grdina’s Nomad Trio | Mark Lockheart, Huw V. Williams...

19 May 2026

Reviewed: Buster Williams | Phil Sargent | Immanuel Wilkins Quartet

19 May 2026

Reviewed: Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns | Kevin Figes: | Jason Kruk

19 May 2026

Reviewed: Lilly Hertzman | Gustaf Lunggren | B.I.T.

19 May 2026

Reviewed: Elina Duni, Rob Luft | Ahmad Jamal | Jon Henriksson...

18 May 2026

Reviewed: Modha | Sun Ra and his Arkestra

18 May 2026

New releases April-May 2026, S-Y

18 May 2026

New releases April-May 2026, P-R

17 May 2026

Jazzkaar festival escapes jazz but still compels

13 May 2026

New releases April-May 2026, M-O

12 May 2026

New releases April-May 2026, H-L

11 May 2026

New releases April-May 2026, E-G

09 May 2026

New releases April-May 2026, C-D

08 May 2026

jazzahead! 2026, Bremen, Germany

07 May 2026

New releases April-May 2026, A-B

06 May 2026

Jazz, blues and spiritual Ealing

05 May 2026

Reviewed: Michael Moody | Tina Carr

05 May 2026

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Latest Audio Reviews

Randy Weinstein: Harmonimonk

Peter Gamble - 27 September 2024

Bobby Hutcherson: Classic Blue Note Sessions 1963-1970

Michael Tucker - 26 September 2024

DigDogDo: Evolution

Darren Arthurs - 25 September 2024

Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water – The Gospel of James Baldwin

Simon Adams - 25 September 2024

Mute: After You’ve Gone

Darren Arthurs - 24 September 2024

In Features

Joe Maini – a history / 2

Gordon Jack - 15 October 2021

Nicolas Meier: guitar for all seasons

Trevor Hodgett - 12 February 2022

Jimmy Bryant: Inside Story

Bruce Crowther - 24 February 2020

Andrew McCormack: keen to connect

Trevor Hodgett - 21 July 2020

Groove master: Paul Jackson /1

Randy L. Smith - 09 December 2019

In Columns

Obituary: Duffy Jackson

Derek Ansell - 08 March 2021

Still Clinging To The Wreckage 08/22

Steve Voce - 09 August 2022

Still Clinging To The Wreckage 01/22

Steve Voce - 10 January 2022

Still Clinging to the Wreckage 08/19

Steve Voce - 13 August 2019

Improvisation and discovery

Jazz Journal - 03 September 2019

In Book Reviews

Talking Jazz – Profiles, Interviews And Musings From Tacoma To Kansai

Steve Voce - 04 June 2022

Jazz Italiano: A History Of Italian Syncopated Music, 1904-1946

Brian Morton - 29 April 2019

Sun Ra: Art On Saturn

Simon Adams - 12 September 2022

Miles Davis And The Search For The Sound

Simon Adams - 30 September 2023

Charlie Parker, Composer

Elliot Marlow-Stevens - 09 October 2020

In Live Reviews

Sarah Jane Morris: The Sisterhood, at Cadogan Hall

Leon Nock - 12 October 2023

The Jambassadors, Exeter

Barry Witherden - 12 June 2019

Kenny Garrett Quintet at Ronnie Scott’s

Dave Jones - 29 February 2020

Jazz Divas 2020: Polly Gibbons & Liane Carroll

Leon Nock - 10 March 2020

Jazz in the Park competition, Romania

Pascal Dorban - 15 July 2024

In Film Reviews

Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool – the DVD

Nigel Jarrett - 31 December 2020

Sloane: A Jazz Singer

Bruce Crowther - 19 July 2023

Buster Williams: Bass To Infinity

Mark Youll - 02 June 2021

Billie

Andy Hamilton - 09 November 2020

Otto Preminger’s Anatomy Of A Murder

Derek Ansell - 18 August 2020

From the Jazz Journal archive

JJ 04/86: Loose Tubes

Jazz Journal - 29 April 2026

JJ 11/85: Keith Jarrett Standards, Vol 2

Jazz Journal - 28 November 2025

JJ 01/91: Pinski Zoo – East Rail East

Jazz Journal - 31 January 2021

JJ 01/84: Keith Jarrett – Standards, Vol 1

Jazz Journal - 30 January 2024

JJ 10/59: In My Opinion – Benny Green

Jazz Journal - 25 October 2019

Monthly Archives: May 2026