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For his first album in six years, Kamasi Washington - the most influential jazz musician of the 21st century - offers an immense, multilayered work that could be described as the aural equivalent of Los Angeles
Bray Jazz Festival 2024: Like his hero Miles Davis, the trumpeter, composer and bandleader is fascinated by the dynamics of change
Double release of concert-hall recordings features influential American’s regular trio plus Brussels Philharmonic and Umbria Jazz Orchestra
The Grammy winner, who performs at the National Concert Hall this month, only has to sing a note or two for you to realise how exceptional she is
A musical partnership of great sensitivity and strength
Jazz guitarist, whose new album, Speak to Me, is out on Blue Note, first made waves as a child prodigy. His trajectory has continued upwards ever since
Album features acclaimed working group of Brad Jones on bass, Chad Taylor on drums and Aruán Ortiz on piano
The US drummer’s 11th album as leader gives the fullest picture yet of his singular strand of ‘polyphony, dissonance and unison’
Iyer’s connection with double bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey stretches back years
Iverson is restless and slightly geeky and possesses a contrarian sense of adventure
Oddly for a genre that prizes freedom and self-expression, jazz is an undeniable patriarchy. This week’s Ban Bam concerts move the spotlight to women
It is a companion piece and natural evolution that, if anything, feels even more immersive
This is a work of enormous courage and skill, almost as if the aim is to remove all excess and ornamentation in order to discover an essence, a truth
The Israeli pianist’s solo album is full of surprise, sensitivity and no small amount of romanticism
The Manchester-born jazz trumpeter and composer, who will play at Cork Jazz Festival 2023, makes music that is contemplative and designed to immerse oneself in