Miles Davis’s superior musical intelligence | Letters
Dr Richard Carter and Meirion Bowen respond to an editorial which argues that the musician still shapes modern music 100 years after his birth Your editorial marking the centenary of […]
Month: May 2026
June 1: Jeremy Pelt returns to No. 1
Returning to No. 1 on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart after a week at No. 2 and five weeks at No. 1 is Jeremy Pelt Our Community Will Not Be Erased […]
Gen Z is catching up with us older readers | Brief letters
Everyday actions | Sonny Rollins | Peter Murrell’s purchases | Worcestershire warning | Ozzy Osbourne Is the Guardian now targeting gen Z readers? We’ve had features on “micro-efficiencies” (laying out […]
Magic, mastery and magisterial power: 10 of Sonny Rollins’ greatest recordings
After his death aged 95, we look back at a remarkable catalogue of work that stretches from vivacious mid-50s sets to his evocative performance after 9/11 • News: Sonny Rollins, […]
Sonny Rollins obituary
One of the great American jazz saxophonists regarded as an improvising genius by fans all over the world The flyers for his shows often called the saxophonist Sonny Rollins “the […]
Sonny Rollins, colossus of jazz saxophone, dies aged 95
One of the last stars of the bebop generation, Rollins was an genius of melodic invention and improvisation, working with Davis, Monk, Coltrane and others Sonny Rollins interview from 2022: […]
The Guardian view on 100 years after Miles Davis’s birth: why he still shapes modern music | Editorial
The trumpeter, composer and band leader still towers over jazz because he treated reinvention not as a betrayal, but as necessary for its survival The space reserved for Miles Davis […]
Miles Davis: Ascenseur pour l’Échafaud review – harmonic openness for Louis Malle’s haunting noir thriller
(Decca France)The trumpeter’s improvised soundtrack for the new wave director’s 1957 film still glows with sensuality, tension and nocturnal beauty in this lavish reissue When Miles Davis was dying in […]
May 25: Ulysses Owens Jr. and Generation Y is No. 1
At No. 1 on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart is Ulysses Owens Jr. and Generation Y Around The World With U (Cellar Music Group). Most added (+19) is Chicago Soul Jazz Collective […]
Weighing up the value of Sats | Brief letters
Reality check on exams | Double-decker buses | PM of the north | Bunch of nonsense | Deer department In 1992, we moved from London to Herefordshire with our three […]