Miles Davis
Jeremy Pelt: Woven review – accessible post-bop with a touch of electric Miles
The prolific US trumpeter shuffles the pack with the addition of synths, guitar and vibes to enhance his melodic, dextrous playing
Neil Spencer
01, Mar, 2025 @4:00 PM
Tony Kinsey obituary
Drummer, bandleader and composer who was a leading figure in the world of postwar British jazz
Peter Vacher
25, Feb, 2025 @5:37 PM
Smashing result for a one-of-a-kind egg | Brief letters
Brief letters: Shattering expectations | Sea level | TikTok ban | Bob Dylan | All that jazz
19, Jan, 2025 @5:20 PM
From Elton John at the piano to Stormzy at Glastonbury and Madonna snogging Britney: 41 era-defining music photos
Icons, rock stars – and divas behaving badly: these photographs of musicians struck a chord around the world
Alexis Petridis, Michael Cragg and Gabrielle Schwarz
28, Sep, 2024 @6:00 AM
Jazz Conversations review – breezy tribute to Miles Davis
The Body of People Jazz Theatre Company brings together a rich programme, including a celebration of the great trumpeter
Lyndsey Winship
23, Sep, 2024 @9:01 AM
My love supreme for the very best of jazz | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to Adrian Chiles’s article on the mysterious power of the genre
05, Jul, 2024 @3:51 PM
Keith Jarrett and all that plink-plonk jazz | Brief letters
Brief letters: Gentle jazz | Piano man | Political pledges | Tory leaflets | Labour toast
28, Jun, 2024 @3:30 PM
John Marshall obituary
Supremely gifted drummer who was a long-serving member of the British rock band Soft Machine
Richard Williams
25, Sep, 2023 @4:38 PM
The joy of the slow burn record: ‘Not only did I warm to his drawls, I became obsessed’
Sometimes, 20 years after dismissing an album, it’s suddenly exactly what you need. Our writers pick out the music that crept up on them
Dave Simpson, Laura Snapes, Tayyab Amin, Safi Bugel, Tara Joshi, Alexis Petridis, Christine Ochefu and Shaad D'Souza
08, Jun, 2023 @9:38 AM
‘People call me the godfather of fusion’: the return of jazz-funk keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith
He has worked with Miles Davis, been sampled by Jay-Z, and has now made his first album in 25 years. He explains how going on TikTok helped him rediscover his cosmic keyboard sound
Ammar Kalia
05, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
Ahmad Jamal obituary
Innovative pianist who preferred the term American classical music to jazz, and became a favourite of hip-hop artists
John Fordham
17, Apr, 2023 @2:34 PM
‘It’s a rockstar album’: the UK jazz musicians marking five decades of Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew
In an epic feat of improvisation, 12 players over three days reimagined the jazz great’s magnum opus
Ammar Kalia
25, Mar, 2023 @2:00 PM
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