Back To San Francisco Frisco-born trumpeter Cameron Washington has close family roots in Louisiana, and a specific interest ...

The Complete 1975 Nancy Pulsations Concert I need to watch Freddie King’s spirit-lifting appearance at the Beat ’66 TV-show on YouTube every now and then. His instrumental hit Hideaway is like a ...

Mazurka In Jazz House of the Black Gardenia is a nonet that delivers hot vintage swing with a contemporary edge. Its founder ...

The death is reported of pianist, composer and bandleader Mike Westbrook, aged 90. His manager, Peter Conway, today issued ...

Gospel Music The latest album from vibraharpist Joel Ross is described in the publicity as a “sonic interpretation of the ...

At The Jazz Showcase A previously unissued recording by enigmatic pianist and composer Mal Waldron (1925-2003). It was ...

Landings Ingrid Jensen is a Canadian trumpet player much admired in North America as a prime mover of the all-female jazz ...

Luca Bragalini examines the non-musical, political inspirations behind Ellington's extended works as well as analysing the musical import of extracts from his scores This newly translated edition has ...

Bill Nelson at the Duke Of Cumberland, 2004. Photo by Martin Bostock, courtesy billnelson.com Guitarist, singer and composer Bill Nelson’s career began with Be Bop Deluxe, the rock group he led in the ...

Love Dance For me Woody Shaw will always embody the culmination of a trumpet lineage that starts with Dizzy Gillespie and ...