I don’t rate myself,” asserts saxophonist Art Themen. “I’m just a jobbing musician who’s been very, very lucky.” It’s an ...

In his From March 1979 the Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer – a favourites of such distinguished Scandinavians as Jan Garbarek ...

Canadian-born composer and pianist Renee Rosnes is widely respected for a series of small-group albums she made for Blue Note ...

Deborah Silver walked on to the stand at Crazy Coqs, grabbed the audience by the scruff of the neck and didn’t let go til ...

Religious and scientific mysteries inspired this duo release from pianist Rachel Eckroth and percussionist John Hadfield. The ...

New Jersey born pianist Chris Hopkins has spent much of his life in Germany, where he now resides. Over a long and busy ...

New York City based American pianist and composer Russ Lossing has a singular musical vision that makes him a musician’s ...

American saxophonist, composer and educator Benjamin Boone is a virtuoso performer equally at home in the worlds of jazz and ...

Dissolving Patterns They say : Veterans of the Scandinavian jazz and improvisation scene – pianist Mathias Landæus, bassist Nina de Heney, and drummer Kresten Osgood – have spent a decade cultivating ...

Back in 2012 a video kept appearing on my social media. It featured a man in a hat playing double bass with a black labrador ...

Ten is an expanded edition of C’mon Tigre’s iconic Self Titled debut album, which was initially published in 2015. Fans will ...