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

Thirty years ago, Richard Palmer had no problem with jazzing superior rock but found these interpretations didn't add much to ...

Thirty years ago, Simon Adams heard some vital music from a 1980s Softs offshoot featuring Elton Dean, Mark Hewins and Pip ...

Thirty years ago, enjoying a varied and virtuoso set, Eddie Blackwell sounded to have discovered the best of British, among ...

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 ...

Forty years ago, Mark Gilbert had his first go at fathoming the mysterious roots of the tenor and composition giant ...

Forty years ago, Mark Gilbert was disappointed that Herbie Hancock seemed disinclined to relieve the monotony of 40 minutes ...

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

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

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

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

These tracks date from when the trad boom in Britain was at its height and some bands were churning out poor commercial jazz to satisfy public demand. The majority of the material presented here is ...