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 ...

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 ...

Library From the JJ archive JJ 05/74: Return To Forever at The Rainbow, London Fifty years ago Roger Dean wasn't very keen on Chick Corea's jazz-rock, wishing he were at a Circle concert. First ...