Released following the death of tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, Sangam & Friends serves as both a celebration of an extraordinary musical friendship and a poignant reminder of the profound connection ...

Japanese saxophonist Sinsuke Fujieda’s masterful new release, “Fukushima”, is an emotionally charged, sonically rich journey encompassing the very best in modal/spiritual jazz. Led by Fujieda on tenor ...

I love an album that takes me on a journey, and Somehow It Will Be does exactly that. It unfolds with the freshness and quiet confidence of someone discovering their own artistic voice, inviting the ...

I would like to make a formal announcement: My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, this, is ECM perfection. Originally recorded in 1996, Kenny Wheeler’s masterpiece, “Angel Song” is now released for the ...

Four Warsaw players who have been sharing a bandstand since their school days return with their second album, and it sounds like the record of a group that has stopped trying to prove anything.

Jazz has always rewarded those willing to ignore the rulebook. Przemysław Jan Grabowski is one of those musicians, arriving with a debut that values instinct over instruction and emotional honesty ...

ONMO’s In Time And Spirit is one of those records where the word collective comes before the names on the sleeve. Although guitarist and composer Jean de Talhouët provides all the compositions, this ...

American vibraphonist and composer Sasha Berliner follows up on her little gem of an album, “Onyx” (JMI 2022), with “Fantôme”, a startling new release that solidifies her reputation as one of the most ...

There are very few musicians whose sound can be recognised within a handful of notes. Nils Petter Molvær is one of them. For more than three decades, the Norwegian trumpeter has quietly redrawn the ...

Few guitarists cast a shadow over modern jazz quite like Pat Martino. A master of astonishing technique, harmonic sophistication and soulful invention, his influence stretches across generations of ...