Jazzwise

Welcome to the UK’s biggest selling jazz monthly. Jazzwise has been at the heart of the global jazz scene since the magazine’s launch in 1997, changing the way jazz publications look and think for the last two decades, with a stunning editorial and design package that reaches out worldwide to both the new jazz audience and established fans – qualities that have led to it winning Jazz Publication of the Year at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards, the Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Awards and the Jazz FM Awards.

Jazzwise

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Samara Joy to tour UK this Spring

Billy Cobham Band, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Hiromi’s Sonicwonder, Christian McBride and many more for Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2024

WIN a Roy Hargrove Jazzwise cover t-shirt and sweatshirt!

Editor’s Note

Sultan Stevenson, Matt Carmichael and Mama Terra selected for Jazzahead! 2024 showcase gigs

BACK IN THE DAY…

FUTURE MOVERS • Highlighting serious talent bubbling under the radar….

Marius Neset TAKES 5 • The Norwegian sax star selects the five albums he can’t live without…

QOW Trio’s The Hold Up part of Ubuntu’s busy spring schedule

60 YEARS AGO – Eric Dolphy

New Empirical album among Whirlwind’s 2024 releases

Brit-jazz’s 'golden age' of the 1960s and 70s uncovered in new book

Winners of 2023 Scottish Jazz Awards announced at Glasgow ceremony

Soft Machine release 7-inch single and hit the road!

Tony Oxley: 15/6/1938 – 26/12/2023

NEWS IN • BRIEF

Charting the Jazz Message/February 2024

BRILLIANT CORNERS • GAIL TASKER lifts the lid on East London’s very own Brilliant Corners, on Kingsland Road E8, as the audiophile vinyl and live music haven celebrates its tenth anniversary

It’s a family affair • Guitarist, composer and bandleader Billy Marrows’ latest project is inspired by the death of his mother – but as Eddie Myer discovers, it’s no funereal rite, but a joyous celebration of a life well lived

Journey into Joni • The band Hejira, who perform covers of Joni Mitchell’s jazzier material, are no mere tribute act. Instead they offer entertaining new insights into some extraordinary music. Peter Jones meets the group’s leader, guitarist Pete Oxley, and singer Hattie Whitehead

For the Birds… • Oakland-raised Ambrose Akinmusire has always eschewed the usual trumpet clichés to forge a unique sound full of powerful emotions. Leaving the Blue Note label after five acclaimed albums, he begins a new adventure on Nonesuch with Owl Song, his latest LP, with Bill Frisell and Herlin Riley. Nick Hasted spoke to him about having the “room to not know” what’s next

My journey with THE DUKE • Following on from our Duke Ellington special in the last issue, legendary pianist, composer and bandleader Mike Westbrook – who wrote the monumental suite On Duke’s Birthday – writes this very personal response to the great man’s life and music, and his own encounters with it

THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT Mary • One of the most gifted – and exciting – guitarists of her generation, Mary Halvorson is back with a thrilling new album that pays tribute to two undersung musical heroes and explores the mysteries of Tarot cards. Andy Robson wants to know more…

MAMBO KINGS MARIO BAUZÁ AND THE ORIGINS OF AFRO-CUBAN AND LATIN JAZZ • As a new wave of Latin and Cuban jazz rises up, exciting audiences once more across the globe, Stuart Nicholson delves into its extraordinary history and lasting influence of two of its biggest stars, Mario Bauzá and Machito

SIX OF THE BEST…

“If I hadn’t come across this record, I wouldn’t be doing this interview now!” • Pianist, composer, and critic Ethan Iverson – formerly of The Bad Plus and now signed to Blue Note as a solo...