Thirty years ago Richard Palmer loved a duo between pianist Newton and the saxophonist who asked, in the first throes of the UK's endless jazz boom, 'This constant search for innova­tion is a bit negative. What's wrong with just being good?'

Thirty years ago Michael Tucker hailed the classical-jazz fusion that Tony Coe went on to describe in a 2004 listening test as 'all kind of moody - very contrived and manipulative'

Many people cross our paths, and if we are lucky, meaningful relationships develop with those who touch us in the most inspiring way. One...

Neither Abercrombie or Scofield has made his name as a stan­dards player, though you can bet that both have got that side of things...

Many will know 50-year-old Victor Feldman from his stints with such artists as Cannonball Adderley and Peggy Lee. In recent times he has done...

On the face of it, this is the kind of release I would normally pass by, dismissing it as just another set of standards...

Ostrów's series of jazz concerts titled “Jazz at the Museum” celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. The originator of the event, Jerzy Wojciechowski, announced...

Fifty years ago Barry McRae witnessed a London jazz festival that catered for all shades of jazz opinion, from Bobby Hackett through Joachim Kuhn to Nucleus

Fifty years ago Roger Dean lamented the monotony of Cherry's mystic music-making, noting that repetitious music is not necessarily transcendent

Fifty years ago Barry McRae welcomed a free-jazz session that came complete with audience participation and any profits destined for CND

Sixty years ago Mark Gardner accorded with Getz's observation that 'These guys know how to swing harder than most, and they do it without pushing.'

Sixty years ago Steve Voce was pleasantly surprised to find that having a bunch of addicts record together wasn't maudlin and distasteful but swinging and satisfying