The saxophonist and composer has spent 50 years in the New York scene. As he turns 70, he’s commanding gigs at a Brooklyn bar ...

Theartsdesk on Vinyl is not sent nearly enough contemporary femme-fronted pop music. Partly this is because a lot of it doesn ...

LA-based multi-instrumentalist Anna Butterss has emerged as a key figure in the West Coast experimental jazz ...

Tony Stamp reviews new releases by local seven-piece Recitals, British dance producer Floating Points, and acclaimed ...

The British charts began in 1952, initially populated by crooners and light jazz. American rock'n'roll livened things ... By the mid-Eighties, despite U2's rise, the British charts were sterile until ...

Multi-talented rapper André 3000 is out on tour supporting his first jazz album New Blue Sun.

Jazz can be a confusing genre if you don't know a ton about it. There are lots of records out there to investigate and the ...

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The best jazz albums, therefore, often sound old and young at once – a bit like the past and a bit like the present. The genre’s highpoint in the early and mid 20th century also coincided with ...

Earlier this year, British psych metal masters and peddlers of the fuzz Uncle Acid & Th e Deadbeats released their most ...

Female forward: The eight-piece Revulva is led by Phoebe Johnson. Photo / supplied When jazz and rock interbred in the 1970s, experienced local jazz musicians were still young enough to be excited ...