One to watch: Berlioz
Inspired by visual art, producer Jasper Attlee’s jazz-house project has a huge streaming audience that's about to get bigger
Norma Winstone and Kit Downes: Outpost of Dreams review – bonded by jazz tradition
The esteemed vocalist and prolific pianist weave their sounds together in an album of exquisite songs and extraordinary empathy
Nduduzo Makhathini: uNomkhubulwane review – entrancing South African jazz
This three-movement album from pianist and shaman Nduduzo Makhathini’s trio combines blues, bop and folk song to transcendental effect
I may not understand jazz – but I know enough to know it’s wonderful
It’s one of the most baffling of all art forms, and the most mocked. Laugh all you like; these musicians are working miracles, writes Adrian Chiles
After years of obsessive learning, my piano sits silent – and I’m happy with that
After retiring, I finally had time to practise. But I soon realised that playing and making music are two different things, says Brian Hanson-Harding
James Chance, key figure in New York’s no wave music scene, dies aged 71
Singer and saxophonist known for confrontational stage persona had experienced ill health for a number of years
Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O: True Story review – emotive South African jazz with a bite
The latest album by Jiyane, of collective Spaza, wades into darker territory to reflect the reality of poverty in the country
The best albums of 2024 so far
Billie Eilish’s third is a triumph, Shabaka goes woodwind and Yunchan Lim makes the most thrilling piano debut of the decade … here are our music team’s picks of the best LPs from the first half of the year
Zara McFarlane: Sweet Whispers: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan review – terrific tribute to a jazz legend
The British jazz singer pays homage to Vaughan with earthiness and spontaneity: an animated reinvention of these classics
Jake Long: City Swamp review – mesmerising spiritual jazz channels Miles Davis and William Blake
rBilled as ‘a dystopian suite’, the drummer-composer’s debut solo album is an intense affair, with a stellar lineup that includes Nubya Garcia and Shirley Tetteh
‘Collaboration lifts up the field, electrifying it’: musician Carlos Niño on jams with André 3000 and more
The multi-hyphenate LA artist explains how he facilitates journeys into the ‘eternal depths’ – and why his new album is all about pregnancy and birth
GeeJay: What’s the Sun Without the Rain? review – charming UK jazz-soul
Melodic grooves and warm vocals unfurl on Gina Jane and Jacob Lobo’s debut album of originals contemplating new parenthood and more
‘He’s never worked a day in his life!’: Paul McCartney honours Bruce Springsteen at Ivor Novello awards
Springsteen receives Academy fellowship as Raye named songwriter of the year, and Yussef Dayes, Victoria Canal and Speakers Corner Quartet pick up major awards
Reverb review – summer’s here and the time is right for dancing in a concrete basement!
This pounding show explores the magic of collaborations – between musicians and between the worlds of art and music. Our writer gets so deep in the groove he can’t get out
Unheard Louis Armstrong recordings to be released
What a Wonderful World and You’ll Never Walk Alone are among five unreleased tracks on compilation Louis in London, performed at the BBC in 1968