Sixty years ago, Mike Shera said that given his scant solo work on this English date Prince Lasha would be would be laughed off the stand of any self-respecting British jazz club

Sixty years ago, Don Lindon found Le Roi Jones' scorn for white jazz, the black middle class and racial integration stimulating and disturbing

Sixty years ago, Don Lindon had the impression Martin Williams' book was a miscellaneous assortment of left-over articles rather than a proper introduction to jazz

Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in July-August 2026, including Ignasi Terraza, Fumi Tomita, John Wadham, Wladigeroff Brothers, Asaf Yuria // Editor's pick: Asaf Yuria

Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in July-August 2026, including Sonny Rollins, Jamie Safir, Brandon Sanders, Tommy Smith, Kevin Sun // Editor's pick: Tommy Smith

Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in July-August 2026, including Ray Obiedo, Linda May Han Oh & Melissa Aldana, Eddie Parker, Ashley Pierce, Sarah Pillow // Editor's pick: Ashley Pierce

Maca Conu: Popular Misconceptions They say : Since their genesis in 2021, Jonas Cambien’s Maca Conu has been rising fast, turning heads with their arresting live performances....

Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in July-August 2026, including Ryan Keberle, Frode Kjekstad, Tim Kliphuis, Kris Davis Trio, Las Vegas Boneheads // Editor's pick: Frode Kjekstad

Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in July-August 2026, including Kurt Elling & WDR Big Band, Gil Evans, Pedro Luis Ferrer, Antonio Forcione & Cenk Erdogan, Kevin Fort & Andy Brown // Editor's pick: Kurt Elling & WDR Big Band

Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in July-August 2026, including Ron Carter & Yotam Silberstein, Deirdre Cartwright, Civil Disobedience, Josh Cohen and Eric Dolphy // Editor's pick: Civil Disobedience

Records offered for review to Jazz Journal in July-August 2026, including Acoustic Version, Louis Armstrong, Rahsaan Barber, Ben Crosland Quintet and George Benson // Editor's pick: Acoustic Version

Thirty years ago, Herbie Hancock talked to Mark Gilbert about the arrangements on his New Standard album and the influences on his piano style, which included Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, Horace Silver, Ahmad Jamal, McCoy Tyner and, famously, the Hi-Lo's