Incredible technique and incredulous gasps were the order of the evening as shy Stanley Jordan held centre stage with his ...

Forty years ago Mark Gilbert marvelled at the virtuosity and expressivity of a group of Berklee students featuring Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith ...

Fifty years ago Steve Voce knew he wouldn't like Gibbs' latest until he'd become acclimatised to its innovations and accepted ...

Fifty years ago Roger Dean liked the rhythmic drive of Gateway but wasn't impressed by Abercombie's arbitrary climaxes and ...

Sixty years ago the famed cornet player struggled to appreciate Tony Williams and remembered when Bix Beiderbecke's pivot ...

Figure In Blue Charles Lloyd’s move from ECM to Blue Note in 2013 – this is his 12th album for the label – has been ...

Sixty years ago Graham Boatfield thought Ayler's 'harsh, feverish, tense and bitter' music might be the soundtrack to a ...

Sun Ra: Fate In A Pleasant Mood – the original 1965 cover A relatively early release from Sun Ra in his and the ensemble’s far-reaching recording career, Fate In A Pleasant Mood shows early traces of ...

Sixty years ago Michael Shera admired Under Milk Wood for its writing, for Bobby Wellins' tenor solos and for piano-playing which showed no American influence ...

Off Stillness As you would expect from an ensemble led by a drummer, there is rhythm in the music of Thomas Strønen’s new ...

The Ellington Piano Project Duke Ellington had in a sense outlived himself when he made his final recording at the unlikely ...

Making Music At the risk of being ostracised by the JJ community I confess that, when contemplating what to take to that ...