Ealing’s Walpole Park is the scene for a number of summer festivals, including those dedicated to jazz, blues and comedy. In fact, Ealing claims to be the birthplace of British blues, its connections ...

The Ecstasy Of Love This is something of a first for me inasmuch as I’m at something of a loss as to not only begin a review, ...

As a companion to Chris Searle’s impressive new book chronicling the international growth and technicolour splendour of jazz, ...

Nostalgia for locale has emerged in the music of two young jazz pianists contributing to the post Bill Evans, EST and Brad ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Fifty years ago, Steve Voce observed that the bare-bones setting of tenor and rhythm exposes weakness but that in Dexter's ...