If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Admirers of Tord Gustavsen’s breakthrough series of trio albums beginning with the inspired ECM debut, Changing Places in 2003, will find much to please them in this ...

Our aim is that when audiences leave, they feel like they know us and that they’ll come back and see us again.” Top UK swing orchestra Down for the Count is returning to Cadogan ...

Since 2023, Livia Records have meticulously restored and re-released three Louis Stewart albums: Some Other Blues, Out On His Own and Louis the First. Now they’ve released a rarity that will surely ...

On Thursday 10 October, French guitarist / singer / band leader Benoit Viellefon is launching his new album Out of Dates at The Brunswick, Hove with a concert by his Hot Club. Preview feature by Jane ...

The release of Dance, No One’s Watching sees London quintet Ezra Collective riding the crest of a wave of popularity that started building in 2018. Their last album Where I’m Meant to Be took them to ...

Shabaka, who will be at the Royal Festival Hall on 30 November, is “an emblematic artist for the age.” Feature by Phil Johnson Much of the well-deserved attention for ‘Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge ...

For more than two decades pianist Liam Noble has been a key figure on the vibrant British Jazz scene, both as a sideman and leader. He has collaborated with musicians including Dave Liebman, Tim ...

Ambrose Akinmusire QuartetSamora Pinderhughes/ EOS Kammerorchester(Aula/ Konzertsaal, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz. Cologne Jazz Week. 1 September 2024. Review and phone snaps of curtain calls by ...

The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and Ropeadope’s CEO, Louis Marks, and president, Fabian Brown. The pair are ringing in the anniversary of this multifarious label ...