Track choice
A track that speaks to us that bit more
Joe Block hits the album of the week spot, a new podcast and Another Day is track of the week
A piano player on the rise, the latest podcast and there's a song waiting to be born in track of the week
Mari Wilson, Girl About Town, Beehive ****
Ideal weekend 1980s throwback pop listening full of super, tuneful, songs
TRACK OF THE WEEK Carla Bley classic Lawns streams drawn from Andy Sheppard trio’s Salt Catchers
Drummerless, the album features eight new Sheppard compositions plus the Bley piece, 'Lawns'
Hey, Laura – It’s You Again
A new version of 'You Again' turns the lamp down low
Track of the Week: a new version of How Deep Is The Ocean
A luminous Irving Berlin interpretation is this week's choice
Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves honour John Coltrane’s centennial
It will be 100 years on 23 September since the world changing man from Hamlet, North Carolina was born
Track of the Week: Fathers, ‘Pearl’, Blue Note ****
Formed initially for a 2023 residency at the Montreal Jazz Festival before playing subsequent tours of the US and Japan, the Fathers lineup...
Track of the Week: Soon I Will Be Done – Lizz Wright and Kenny Banks Sr
Gospel grace, poise and passion
‘Azimuth’ – a tantalising Norma Winstone Maida Vale Session
A great year for Norma Winstone fans continues
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 Carlos...
Track of the Day – ‘C’è’ sung by Tosca and Silvia Pérez Cruz
Bit of a swoonsome listen for a Staurday. And why not
Isaiah Collier expresses Joy ahead of Ronnie Scott’s date
A new five-track EP called Joy is Collier’s latest release as a bandleader, composer and multi-instrumentalist. The lead single, 'Joy', has been released.
Track of the Week: Angel – Marvin Muoneké, Alex Webb & the Copasetics ****
Tonight Marvin sings in Soho duetting with Down for the Count's Lydia Bell
Track of the Day: ‘Kiss and Run’: standout new release jazz vocals from Marianne Solivan
Track of the day for a second time in these pages new from Marianne Solivan - one to return to time after time.
If Ever I Would Leave You – Jo Harrop
A knockout version of a Lerner and Loewe classic is the first newly released Jo Harrop recording in a while and marks a...
Track of the Week: ‘Harmonique’ – new from Iain Ballamy – streams
Hard on the heels of a fabulous Anglo-Hungarian live album, 'Harmonique' is the first sounds so far from a new Molecatcher spawned project...
Track of the Week: ‘Chant for Don Cherry’ from It’s Always About Love by Ancient Infinity Orchestra ****
Ozzy Moysey's Ancient Infinity Orchestra and 'Chant for Don Cherry' land in the track of the week spot
- Gary Crosby Quartet featuring Cherise Adams-Burnett + Maddy Coombs trio, Blue Note, London ****
- Michael Kanan, Horacio Fumero and Guillem Arnedo, The Sweetest Sounds, Fresh Sound ***
- Jo Harrop, Love Now Pay Later, Lateralize ****
- The very best jazz vocals of 2026
- Salomea, Pizza Express Live, London ***
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