As one of the top jazz singers that came out of the 40s swing era, Anita O’Day had a turbulent career which comes over in ...

Forty years ago, New Age music arrived and was conflated by some with jazz. Michael Tucker looked for the connection ...

Sanborn has a live, arresting tone in any situation, but it’s at its best in r’n’b and that’s why the Best Of CD is best of ...

Takin’ Off Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s legendary studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and released just weeks later, ...

Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert particularly liked the composition testimony of writers such as Randy Brecker, Chick Corea and ...

Thirty years ago, Michael Tucker said the original, 1975 Gateway album was the trio's best - for its sheer freshness of touch ...

Forty years ago, Mike Hennessey enjoyed the memoirs of the pioneering French jazz advocate and record producer Charles ...

Forty years ago, as he toured with Sting, the acclaimed saxophonist talked about pop music, the music press, Wayne Shorter, ...

Sixty years ago, Barry McRae said the quality of the alto-sax sections of this album made up for the violin and trumpet work ...

Fifty years ago, Chris Sheridan heard Braxton on Donna Lee sounding like an angry bee trapped in a galvanised drainpipe but ...

Hannah Horton is currently touring her new album Stories On The Wind. The multi-instrumentalist focuses on tenor and baritone ...

The Jazz Crusaders have been functioning for some time now in their merry old soul groove, and as enjoyable as the earlier ...