Jazz
Chris Barber obituary
Jazz trombonist and bandleader whose eclectic tastes helped to shape the face of British popular music
John Fordham
03, Mar, 2021 @12:08 PM
Chris Barber, British trad jazz bandleader, dies aged 90
Multi-instrumentalist helped forge the skiffle craze with Lonnie Donegan and recorded with Paul McCartney
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
02, Mar, 2021 @5:05 PM
Experience: I was in a Scientology jazz band
L Ron Hubbard spent hours with us each day. I was scared the first time I met him, because I thought he could read minds
Neil Sarfati
26, Feb, 2021 @10:00 AM
Jeremy Pelt: Griot – This Is Important! review – a jazz album for everyone
Storytelling trumpeter Pelt boldly crosses genres and ages with agile contemporary bop, ballads and spoken word passages
John Fordham
26, Feb, 2021 @9:00 AM
Archie Shepp on jazz, race and freedom: 'Institutions continue to abuse power'
At 83, the saxophonist has somewhat mellowed his funkily avant-garde music – but his anger at the racial injustice he has fought all his life remains undimmed
Lanre Bakare
24, Feb, 2021 @1:00 PM
God bless the style: how Billie Holiday made glamour revolutionary
With Lee Daniels’ film The United States Vs Billie Holiday out this week, the jazz star’s signatures – gowns, gloves and gardenias – are being reassessed. Could they be seen as a radical act?
Lauren Cochrane
22, Feb, 2021 @5:58 AM
Enrico Pieranunzi and Bert Joris: Afterglow review – prepare to be charmed
Italy’s top jazz pianist and one of Belgium’s leading trumpeters have nothing to prove on this effortlessly breezy set of originals
Dave Gelly
20, Feb, 2021 @4:00 PM
Joni Mitchell: how rock misogyny made me into a militant fan
It took Joe Muggs until his 30s to get into Mitchell’s grown-up music, but once it clicked, the whole history of music was rewritten in his head
Joe Muggs
17, Feb, 2021 @11:00 AM
Johnny Pacheco, co-founder of New York's Latin label Fania, dies aged 85
The Fania All-Stars player and record label-impresario worked with Latin music giants including Celia Cruz and fostered a more intense, political salsa sound
Laura Snapes
16, Feb, 2021 @10:17 AM
Female UK jazz musicians face sexual harassment and discrimination, says report
Trumpeter Yazz Ahmed and singer-songwriter Amahla weigh in on the findings which include scepticism about women’s musical ability and pregnancy prejudice
Tina Edwards
16, Feb, 2021 @8:23 AM
Chick Corea: his 10 greatest recordings
From hard bop to fusion, mischievousness to sensitivity, Corea’s wide-ranging catalogue lived at the vanguard of jazz
John Fordham
15, Feb, 2021 @11:15 AM
Chick Corea obituary
Jazz pianist who was happy to stray into rock and classical fusions
John Fordham
14, Feb, 2021 @4:08 PM
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