• Album reviews
  • Live reviews
  • New podcast & track of the week
  • Top jazz albums overall
  • UK – 2026 – best of jazz… so far
  • Album reviews
  • Live reviews
  • New podcast & track of the week
  • Top jazz albums overall
  • UK – 2026 – best of jazz… so far
  • Album reviews
  • Live reviews
  • New podcast & track of the week
  • Top jazz albums overall
  • UK – 2026 – best of jazz… so far
Reviews

Pete Roth Trio, Group Chat, Winterfold/ Cherry Red **** recommended

I'm looking forward to seeing this band at Magy's Farm

Bymarlbank24 September 2026
Reviews

Jakob Bro, 8, Loveland ****

Replete with tenderness, spirit and imagination

Bymarlbank24 September 2026
Reviews

Asaf Yuria, In Light of a New Moon, Jojo ***1/2

One for every lover of the sound of Mr Beautiful

Bymarlbank23 September 2026
Album of the WeekReviews

Chris Cheek, Dear Paul: Chris Cheek, Zach Radwine and Bob Deboo Play Music By Paul Motian, Fresh Sound ****

A certain curatorial wisdom at play

Bymarlbank21 September 2026
Featured

Top Eurojazz

A French led Europe jazz best-of so far in 2026 to glance at

Bymarlbank20 September 2026
Reviews

Chucho Valdés, Uncut, InnerJazz/InnerCat *****

AfroCuban jazz piano doesn't get any better than this

Bymarlbank20 September 2026
Reviews

Enzo Favata, Ritornare, ECM ***

Unhurried sounds that could almost have been specifically designed for laidback Sunday listening.

Bymarlbank20 September 2026
Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves
Reviews

Branford Marsalis Quartet & Dianne Reeves, Dedicated To You, Blue Note Records *****

Knocks all the current tributes to Coltrane completely into a cocked hat

Bymarlbank19 September 2026
PreviewedTop new artists

Clips from Eclipse: lift off for Blair/Huber

After a stirring EP provided a first glimpse, Eclipse ups the ante immeasurably further

Bymarlbank18 September 2026
Reviews

Baptiste Trotignon, Art Is Simple, Naïve ***1/2

Less is more

Bymarlbank17 September 2026
Featured

The very best jazz vocals of 2026

Sing,sing, sing

Bymarlbank16 September 2026
Reviews

Lucian Ban and Elevation, Rush, Sunnyside ****

There's a certain humility in the serene grandeur that this group shapes

Bymarlbank16 September 2026
News

Joshua Redman pays tribute to Sonny Rollins

A keeper of the flame pays homage

Bymarlbank15 September 2026
Playlists

Autumn Nocturne – the playlist

Green leaves turn to gold

Bymarlbank15 September 2026
FolkLive reviews

Lisa O’Neill makes her Fermanagh debut in Blake’s

The No Train to Cavan singer heads Erne side

Bymarlbank14 September 2026
Album of the WeekReviews

Kevin Hays, Live at the Stone, AHT Records **** recommended

New in our running choice of top jazz albums of the year

Bymarlbank14 September 2026
Featured

New Irish jazz releases dry up

Irish jazz artists choose to gig more than record. But is it really an active choice?

Bymarlbank13 September 2026
This just in

What’s new

A busy time for new releases. Here's our guide

Bymarlbank12 September 2026
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Top posts
Top jazz albums so far in 2026Top jazz albums so far in 202619 September 2026marlbank
The very best jazz vocals of 2026The very best jazz vocals of 202616 September 2026marlbank
This week's podcastThis week's podcast22 September 2026marlbank
Mixed reactions to new DOMi and JD BeckMixed reactions to new DOMi and JD Beck2 August 2026marlbank
Kurt Elling and Yellowjackets are in their elementKurt Elling and Yellowjackets are in their element31 August 2026marlbank
UK - 2026 - best of jazz... so farUK - 2026 - best of jazz... so far7 September 2026marlbank
Terje Gewelt, The Old Tree, Resonant Music **** recommendedTerje Gewelt, The Old Tree, Resonant Music **** recommended7 September 2026marlbank
Track of the year so far: Lizz Wright and Kenny Banks Sr - Amazing GraceTrack of the year so far: Lizz Wright and Kenny Banks Sr - Amazing Grace17 September 2026marlbank
Cory Wong and Joshua Redman, On A Random Tuesday (Live at The Blue Note) featuring Joshua Redman, Roundwound Media ****Cory Wong and Joshua Redman, On A Random Tuesday (Live at The Blue Note) featuring Joshua Redman, Roundwound Media ****24 August 2026marlbank

And now ya' step inside, but ya' don't see too many faces
Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
Competition in other places
Ah, but the horns, they're blowing that sound - Mark Knopfler

Reviews and more

'Into the Mystic,' the Them era 'Gloria' and 'Brown Eyed Girl' among the Van Morrison gems on an Emerald Tuesday last night
Van Morrison Alumni Band Lights Up the Emerald

Gone in the air: jazz and a bit of Irish trad

"...We are lovers of gaps,/ all sorts of oddly shaped gaps,/ gaps in the crochet of lime-stone walls,/ gaps in the clouds and the hills,/ we are lovers of space
- Francis Harvey from 'Gates'

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