Year: 2026
Essential from Emil Brandqvist
Current essential Eurojazz listening for a Wednesday.
16 June 2026
Helen Sung Big Band, Oracles, Sunnyside **** recommended
Big bands haven't gone away, you know
16 June 2026
Giant of jazz Abdullah Ibrahim whose sound moved the world has died
Abdullah Ibrahim has died in Germany aged 91
15 June 2026
Previously Unheard 1968 Pierre Favre Trio Recording to Receive First-Ever Release
Vintage free-jazz uncorked
15 June 2026
What’s on this week – highlights include Lakecia Benjamin, Cory Wong and Harry Diplock
Stepping out
15 June 2026
Carsten Dahl, Komponistens Suite, Musique Phénoménale ****
Three as 1
15 June 2026
Eleonora Strino, Lumithia, CAM JAZZ **** recommended
Guitar heaven from Eleonora Strino playing solo and mainly her own tunes. There's also a gem of a vocal on her reading...
14 June 2026
Ambrose Akinmusire and Mary Halvorson, Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings, Nonesuch ***1/2
Spare and haunting, there's an elegiac sense to this new collaboration between two leading American experimentalists.
14 June 2026
Bluey awarded an MBE
Jean-Paul Maunick, known as Bluey, longtime band leader of Incognito, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours. Long time...
13 June 2026
Summer heat: Danny Keane
What a study of touch. Danny Keane releases Time To Go from Kinesis
12 June 2026
Zoe Rahman to Release Hull Suite Live
'Synergy' from the trio album streams and there's a Vortex show on release day
12 June 2026
It’s the work, not the label
Thoughts on how you get your new music out there when there are so many possibilities. One size doesn't fit all
11 June 2026
Track of the Week: Illumination
Formidable this from drummer Cindy Blackman Santana’s upcoming Coherence. The full album includes guest spots by her husband latin jazz rock icon...
10 June 2026
Road trip notes – Diary entries
“Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to...
8 June 2026
BELIEVE, beleft, below playlist themed
Gems from John Coltrane, EST, Pat Metheny, Kenny Dorham, Bill Evans and Tony Bennett & more won’t make you feel at all...
8 June 2026
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