Conspicuously absent from the reference books, the intriguingly named trumpeter and cornetist Webster Young (1932-2003), was ...

Michael Doyle’s title is striking but also misleading. Ostensibly about the adventures (and misadventures) of Artie Shaw’s ...

Lakecia Benjamin New York alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin charged right out of the gate with her “warmup tune” Trane – ...

The 19th annual edition of the jazz 'trade fair' in Germany featured 130 concerts of music from around the world and attracted a record number of attendees A few days ahead of International Jazz Day ...

My knowledge of the Latvian jazz scene is lamentably sparse but it was, arguably, broadened by the information sheet inside ...

I first met Gale Madden at a record shop in Bellingham, Washington in the late 80s. As we stood digging a CD of vintage Roy ...

I had the pleasure of seeing New-York-based drummer and composer Allison Miller seven years ago when she was playing Newport ...

This was originally released in 1958 via Prestige and recorded three days after a Columbia session for the Miles Davis album ...

Pianist-composer Jim Doherty’s octet album was recorded in 1986 with close friends Louis Stewart (guitar) and Bobby Shew ...

Born in Paris and raised in Scotland, Rebecca Vasmant has become an unofficial ambassador for contemporary jazz. Drawing ...

Derek Ansell reviewed the tenorist in a well-planned and expressive straightahead session with Tom Harrell, Willy Pickens, ...