As a teenager, I was so ashamed of my speech disability that even my family didn’t know about it. When Scatman John came on the radio, celebrating his own stammer […]
The New Orleans native is a three-time Grammy winner at the top of his game – and is now using his instinctive style to celebrate the resilience and clarity of […]
At No. 1 for a third straight week on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart is Emmet Cohen Universal Truth (Mack Avenue). Most added (+22) is Goldings Bernstein Stewart Rhombus (Smoke Sessions). […]
Grammy-winning pianist Robert Glasper will headline opening of club’s first UK venue in Covent Garden next month The world-famous New York jazz club Blue Note will open its first UK […]
It has 12 movements, 200 musicians and aims to unite America. The great US trumpeter and composer talks about his All Rise symphony, his jazz great mentors – and learning […]
No one wrote about jazz and related music with the pungency of my friend and former colleague Brian Case, who has died aged 88. His pieces on favourite figures, from […]
At No. 1 for a second week on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart and most reported (41 stations) is Emmet Cohen Universal Truth (Mack Avenue). Most added (+15) is Cindy Blackman […]
The multi-instrumentalist faced resistance when he premiered his sound in the 60s but audiences have fallen in love with it since. Now aged 82, he’s still finding new directions – […]
Celebrated saxophonist in demand for session work and film soundtracks who was famous for his stylistic and technical versatility As a first-call session musician in the Hollywood studios, the saxophonist […]
At No. 1 on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart is Emmet Cohen Universal Truth (Mack Avenue). Most added (+20) is Elias Haslanger Legacy (Bandstand Presents). Highest debut (No. 19) and biggest […]
