Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane After Coltrane was dismissed by Miles Davis, he travelled to Philadelphia in 1957 to ...

Monk & More Thelonious Monk remains the wondrous gift that keeps on giving – I’ve been to countless Monk-themed gigs and ...

Thirteen In 1966 Soft Machine roared into life sporting a now legendary line-up comprising guitarist Daevid Allen, bassist Kevin Ayers, organist Mike Ratledge and drummer Robert Wyatt. Over the last ...

Rosendals Garden There is something unsettling and almost wayward that underpins the music of Yelena Eckemoff’s new double CD ...

Thirty years ago, Simon Adams heard some vital music from a 1980s Softs offshoot featuring Elton Dean, Mark Hewins and Pip ...

Fifty years ago, Michael Shera heard Bill Evans making one of the best singers of popular song sound better than he was ...

Thirty years ago, enjoying a varied and virtuoso set, Eddie Blackwell sounded to have discovered the best of British, among ...

Fragments Spread over two CDs, this music is released in its entirety for the first time, hence the sub-title to Fragments is ...

Thirty years ago, Richard Palmer had no problem with jazzing superior rock but found these interpretations didn't add much to ...

These tracks date from when the trad boom in Britain was at its height and some bands were churning out poor commercial jazz to satisfy public demand. The majority of the material presented here is ...

Liza Pulman and Joe Stilgoe were doing very nicely, thank you, as independent performers, before joining forces for the ...

Forty years ago, Mark Gilbert was disappointed that Herbie Hancock seemed disinclined to relieve the monotony of 40 minutes ...