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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Roy Ayers was a virtuoso jazz vibraphone player and multi-instrumentalist, but he was also able, in the 1970s, to bring jazz ...