Monk & More Thelonious Monk remains the wondrous gift that keeps on giving – I’ve been to countless Monk-themed gigs and ...

Rosendals Garden There is something unsettling and almost wayward that underpins the music of Yelena Eckemoff’s new double CD ...

Fifty years ago, Michael Shera heard Bill Evans making one of the best singers of popular song sound better than he was ...

Thirty years ago, Simon Adams heard some vital music from a 1980s Softs offshoot featuring Elton Dean, Mark Hewins and Pip ...

Thirty years ago, Richard Palmer had no problem with jazzing superior rock but found these interpretations didn't add much to ...

Thirteen In 1966 Soft Machine roared into life sporting a now legendary line-up comprising guitarist Daevid Allen, bassist Kevin Ayers, organist Mike Ratledge and drummer Robert Wyatt. Over the last ...

Thirty years ago, enjoying a varied and virtuoso set, Eddie Blackwell sounded to have discovered the best of British, among ...

Fragments Spread over two CDs, this music is released in its entirety for the first time, hence the sub-title to Fragments is ...

Fifty years ago, Steve Voce observed that the bare-bones setting of tenor and rhythm exposes weakness but that in Dexter's ...

Liza Pulman and Joe Stilgoe were doing very nicely, thank you, as independent performers, before joining forces for the ...

Forty years ago, Mark Gilbert had his first go at fathoming the mysterious roots of the tenor and composition giant ...

The Cheltenham Jazz Festival hits its 30th birthday 29 April to 4 May 2026 with a mix of jazz, pop, blues, soul and R&B.