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Xhosa Cole interview: “Monk was unapologetically himself… in Monk’s time the whole thing was like, how do I sound different?”
Saxophonist Xhosa Cole has a knack for making old songs sound new. He speaks to Thomas Rees about his latest album, ...
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The story of George Berry, London's first black licensee from the Windrush generation
How Jamaican George Berry became a pioneering Brixton landlord and how saxophonist Ralph Moore won his spurs. The ...
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The Player: Maeve Gilchrist
The New York-based, Scottish-born harpist speaks to David Gallant about her journey into jazz, early influences and the ...
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Reginald Foresythe: The Swingin’ Shooting Star
Stuart Nicholson shines a light on the brief but brilliant career of pianist-composer Reginald Foresythe, who took the jazz ...
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Introducing the February 2025 issue of Jazzwise, featuring Keith Jarrett
The February 2025 issue of Jazzwise includes interviews with Keith Jarrett, Samara Joy, Xhosa Cole, Aaron Parks, Myra ...
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Rising star vocalist Emily Masser returns with new album and UK tour dates
Singer and saxophonist Emily Masser, touted as one of UK's brightest new jazz talents, has a new album entitled Songs With My ...
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Women In Jazz announce ‘The Year Of Women In Jazz’ with live events, single releases and mentoring with new track from bassist Rosa Brunello
The pioneering organisation launch a 12 month programme of activities with the release of a new single ‘Uno Punto Uno’ from Italian bassist/composer Rosa Brunello ...
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Unreleased Ella Fitzgerald 1967 live recording to be issued as ‘The Moment of Truth: Ella At The Coliseum’
A recently unearthed recording from the private tape collection of Verve Records founder Norman Granz of a never-before-released 1967 Ella concert featuring members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra wil ...
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Archie Shepp and Bill Dixon: Quartet
Although this is billed as a Shepp-Dixon release it is a welcome overview of some of the important sessions that each man undertook between the early and mid-1960s. In addition to the quartet album ...