210 articles
Mark Gilbert
Mark Gilbert was deputy editor, Jazz Journal, 1981-1999, editor from 2009 to present, a leading British contributor to the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz and has written for other jazz histories. The guitar plays (or should be played more in order to be) a prominent part in his musical life. Email: editor[at]jazzjournal.co.uk
Reviewed: Christy Baron | Steve Berndt | Paul Colombo Group
Christy Baron: I Thought About You
This is a reissue of a 1996 album by singer (and actress) Christy Baron (b. 1963, Munhall, Penn) that...
Laura Macdonald appointed head of jazz at Scottish conservatoire
The saxophonist Laura Macdonald, the former wife of saxophonist Tommy Smith, has been appointed Head of Jazz at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Smith,...
Trinity Laban settles with Martin Speake over his remarks on jazz and skin colour
Following a two-year dispute the Trinity Laban conservatoire in South London has reached a private settlement with Martin Speake, a former teacher of saxophone...
Reviewed: Ashley Maher | Theorem Of Joy | Valley Voice
Ashley Maher: Tree To Tree
Ashley Maher is an LA-based singer and songwriter much immersed in the music of Senegal, where this album was recorded....
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Reviewed: Baby Vortex | Joshua Rager | Gene Shelby
Baby Vortex: Not What You Think
Baby Vortex is a Bordeaux-based keyboard, guitar and drum trio led by pianist and composer Clément Simon that’s turned...
Give Me The Night at Soul Mama, Stratford
In what might seem an already crowded scene, Soul Mama - in Stratford, East London - opened in September 2024 with quite a publicity...
Guy Barker swings the RAH
Trumpeter Guy Barker, well-known as in the vanguard of the first so-called British jazz revival of the 1980s, when he played bebop and cutting-edge...
Jack DeJohnette and drumming: ‘That’s what I came here to do’
Jack DeJohnette was born in Chicago in 1942 and studied classical piano from the age of four. He took up drums in high school...
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Marius Neset’s defiant maximalism meets the London Sinfonietta
Saxophonist Marius Neset, known for bucking the minimalist Scandinavian stereotype by playing high-octane heads and lines more reminiscent of Michael Brecker than Jan Garbarek,...
Anthony Jackson, ‘a most special musician’
When I interviewed guitarist Steve Khan in 2011 (the interview published in Jazz Journal in September and October 2018), I asked him about Anthony...
Scarborough Jazz Festival approaches
The 22nd Scarborough Jazz Festival takes place 26-28 September, bringing artists including James Taylor, Alan Barnes, Emma Rawicz, Simon Spillett and Joe Stilgoe to...
Curate me a riff, baby
We’re often told (mostly by publicists) that jazz is still a vibrant, living form with creative potential but given the ceaseless flow into the...
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