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.

Zorn’s Bagatelles, Clowes/Douglas and un.procedure commission power-up Parabola Cheltenham programme

Jazz in Britain launches Jazz Now imprint with Watts’ Eternal Triangle

‘Year of Alice’ kicks off with unreleased recording of 1971 Carnegie Hall concert

Editor’s Note

Scottish Jazz panels added to 2024 Jazzahead! programme

Surman, Pine, Iles, and Garland are all booked in for the Manchester Jazz Festival this May!

BACK IN THE DAY…

FUTURE MOVERS

Joe Armon-Jones, Matana Roberts and more lined up for Roundhouse In The Round Fest

70 YEARS AGO – Sarah Vaughan

Julian Lage TAKES 5

Jazz’s crown jewels • The most important jazz collection in the UK, which belonged to the late Alan Bates, is about to come up for sale. Kevin Whitlock does some crate digging…

Charting the Jazz Message/April 2024

UK & EUROPE JAZZ FESTIVAL GUIDE 2024 • Whether you’re planning a jazz weekend or a long break, Tim Dickeson’s guide through the myriad of festivals across the UK and the continent is a must-read. Jazz travel, whether at home or abroad, is a wonderful way to see new places and hear fantastic music. If you love the beach, the mountains, or city breaks… they’re all here. Many festivals, such as Love Supreme and Cheltenham in the UK, Waidhofen and Inntöne in Austria and the Time in Jazz Festival in Sardinia are family-friendly and so are the perfect way to introduce newbies to the joys of jazz. All details may be subject to change so always check carefully before booking. Have a great festival season!

Inner Visions • Dublin-born, Austria-raised, Berklee-educated bassist Ciara Moser is a gifted musician in her own right, but the fact she’s blind from birth makes her truly remarkable. Michael Jackson caught up with this low-end prodigy to find out how she’s challenging preconceptions and winning fans

Zero Degrees Of Separation • With Clarinet Fantasy, Adrian Cox may have made UK jazz’s first ‘clarinet noir’ album. Peter Jones meets the musician and attempts to get the story behind this powerful, organic-sounding new record

ON A MISSION To LISTEN • Bringing a flame-thrower intensity to his many high-octane bands, Shabaka Hutchings has ascended to the top of the 'new wave' of UK jazz over the last decade. Yet, as Kevin Le Gendre discovers, his decision to stop playing the sax last year and switch to numerous flutes has now borne fruit with his new album, Perceive its Beauty, Acknowledge its Grace, marking the start of a new artistic journey…

Divining The Divine Sarah • March marks the centenary of the great singer Sarah Vaughan’s birth. In this special feature Peter Quinn examines her life and legacy, and asks top contemporary vocalists what Sassy means to them, and why she still matters today

HOW THE WEST WAS WON! • Stuart Nicholson takes a look at how a 1950s reaction to New York-based East Coast jazz’s cerebral, musician-centric bebop gave rise a new wave of melodic, sophisticated and definitively ‘cool’ jazz based in California. This ‘West Coast’ movement was hugely popular at the time – and is still being rediscovered today

TURNING POINT • Saxophonist and composer Cassie Kinoshi speaks to Brian Glasser about how Duke Ellington’s powerful orchestrations on Blues In Orbit changed her musical life

Albums: New Releases...