When Nils Petter Molvaer first released “Khmer” back in 1997, it was something of a seismic event: a brooding, atmospheric ...

Way back around 1978 saxophonist Barbara Thompson was the first guest of the newly formed Birmingham Jazz Society, an institution that is still going strong today. I was at that first gig and it was ...

Live your life, sing your song. Not full of expectations. Not for the ovations. But for the joy of it.” Incredibly perceptive words attributed to author Rasheed Ogunlaru that for some reason have ...

So what happens if you take 80s electro-pop and mix it with traditional Nordic folk music? This album is what happens – ...

Some records you pull out to impress people, others you keep for yourself. “At The Deer Head Inn: The Complete Recordings” manages to be both: a shining showcase of one of jazz’s greatest pianists, ...

The debut self-titled album by Arid Landscapes, a duo formed of Toronto-trained guitarist Dan Pitt and Vancouver-based ...

Saxophonist/composer Timo Vollbrecht’s “Bremen New York” is a bold tightrope walk between the chamber-like elegance of small-group jazz and the kinetic breadth of larger ensemble dynamics. Recorded ...

By sheer and genuine coincidence, the day prior to being allocated Misha Panfilov Septet’s ‘Live In Stockholm and Tallinn’ ...

Joshua Abrams’ Natural Information Society has always been about movement – circular grooves, shifting patterns, music that feels like it’s in constant transit. With Momentum, the second part of a ...

Norwegian pianist Liv Andrea Hauge strikes me as a uniquely gifted pianist who takes the listener on a deft guide through ...

Vincent Peirani’s latest release “Living Being IV: Time Reflections”, plants itself firmly in the modern jazz landscape, elegantly chambered, subtly panoramic, with its roots in pandemic-era ...

Cecilie Strange’s new album “Beech”, is a minimalist marvel – an evocative Nordic suite rooted in memory, place, and that ineffable breeze between notes. It’s sparse, wind-blown jazz in the vein of an ...