Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990) has probably been “anthologised” on LP and CD more than any other female jazz singer, including Ella and Billie. This latest addition to her already enormous discography ...

Trumpeter Wheeler plays sombre, downtempo chamber music with Lee Konitz, Dave Holland and Bill Frisell in 1996 As Carr has said, Angel Song is “one of the most exquisite examples of jazz chamber music ...

Library From the JJ archive JJ 06/74: Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters Fifty years ago Barry McRae applauded Hancock for producing a jazz-rock record that married sophistication and groove. First ...

The late and eminent Samuel Charters, who made invaluable contributions to both jazz literature and jazz recordings, wrote fluent prose and I very much enjoyed his opening chapter here, which has ...

As New Grove insightfully comments, Charles McPherson is one of the most inventive bebop altoists, whose fluid melodic style reflects the initial influence of Johnny Hodges. Reverence is McPherson’s ...