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I’d not come across trombonist Klas Jervfors Turner until I heard this CD. On first listening I thought I must have been missing something - it’s that good. I...

From his initial and life-enhancing discovery of jazz, poet Philip Larkin’s love of Louis Armstrong (1901-71) was expressed in broadcasts, correspondence, record and book reviews. As the first of...

The drummer Jimmy Cobb once said during an interview that he was just trying to get it done. "You have to be at the right place at the right...

If an antidote to apathy consists of work and proselytizing, then bassist, composer, bandleader, activist and organiser William Parker embodies that antidote. Cisco Bradley has achieved much in simply...

Eberhard Weber's Colours/Stinky WinklesWeber's quartet fit all too easily into what has become known as the 'ECM sound'. The group create moody and impressionistic soundscapes, delivered with a cool...

“And then there is Ella, about whom critics have surprisingly little to say, other than to state that she is the ultimate jazz singer or to denigrate her in...