When Clifford Jordan reached Paris in March 1975, at the height of his mid-decade resurgence, a new Selmer Mark VII tenor saxophone awaited him. Night of the Mark VII is named after it. Recorded in ...

Enrico Rava’s latest release, Corners, lets its character unfold through the shared connections between the musicians. The little shifts of emphasis, the knowing exchanges, and the sense that nobody ...

In October 2020, Jon Armstrong released Reabsorb, two continuous suites for a Los Angeles sextet laid out one to each side of the LP, each built on a short poem by his wife Erin Armstrong. Armstrong ...

It would be difficult to overestimate how thoroughly Steven Bernstein has, for thirty-odd years, defined himself by the slide trumpet — that ungainly, marvellous contraption he has all but ...

American vibraphonist and composer Sasha Berliner follows up on her little gem of an album, “Onyx” (JMI 2022), with “Fantôme”, a startling new release that solidifies her reputation as one of the most ...

Few guitarists cast a shadow over modern jazz quite like Pat Martino. A master of astonishing technique, harmonic sophistication and soulful invention, his influence stretches across generations of ...

With twenty years behind him as bassist of the band Lo’Jo, Kham Meslien has performed on all continents, from the big stages of the world’s cities to the Australian and American deserts. He has also ...

Few groups have done more to define the sound of contemporary British jazz over the last two decades than Empirical. Since emerging from the Tomorrow’s Warriors generation and exploding onto the scene ...

Japanese saxophonist Sinsuke Fujieda’s masterful new release, “Fukushima”, is an emotionally charged, sonically rich journey encompassing the very best in modal/spiritual jazz. Led by Fujieda on tenor ...

Jazz has always rewarded those willing to ignore the rulebook. Przemysław Jan Grabowski is one of those musicians, arriving with a debut that values instinct over instruction and emotional honesty ...

Hancestry arrives like a bolt of lightning, illuminating everything around it. Yet trumpeter Sean Corby has travelled a long road to reach this point. A formative encounter with Courtney Pine and the ...