Koo Nimo, a leading 93-year-old highlife musician and apparently the first Ghanaian to release an album of his own music, ...

Economics precipitated the end of the big-band era at least 10 years before Terry Gibbs formed his Dream Band. By the mid-50s ...

Celebrating their 20th anniversary with a new album, new line-up and a documentary film created by BAFTA and Emmy award ...

Immediately the music of London-based group Boom Yer reminds of those late 90s bands Jamiroquai and The Brand New Heavies so ...

Harken! is the fourth album from Threeway, the drumless jazz trio comprising Steve Waterman (t, flh), Steve Lodder (p, org) ...

Tin Pan Alley/American Songbook is as far removed from contemporary cinema as Mickey Mouse from Hannibal Lector. In the 1920s-50s, this rich source of songs and the big screen were Siamese twins. It’s ...

David Badham welcomed the soulful Caribbean warmth and the percussion-lite Latin vibe of the second album from the ...

Michael Tucker recommended the latest manifestation of Erskine's flight from the jazz-rock of Weather Report into more ...

Since its inception seven years ago, the Hidden Jazz Club has grown in influence and reputation with one key distinguishing ...

Ellis, born 'out in the country' of Farmersville, Texas talked about moving on to work with Glen Gray, Jimmy Dorsey and Oscar ...

Simon Adams heard the Celestial Traveller reverting mostly to the 30s heyday of swing and issuing a 12" single aimed at the ...

Forty years ago vibist Mike Mainieri talked about Paul Whiteman, Buddy Rich, farming, the hippie era, the history of Steps ...