In a rare interview, the Nobel Prize winner discusses life and death, his inspiration and new album

Miles Davis gets new arrangements from Guy Barker and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Jazz composer Ronan Guilfoyle reflects on his father, his influences and session work

Obituary: Becker made suavely subversive pop hits out of slippery jazz harmonies

From jazz to electric blues to house and indy rock, Windy City is a real capital of sounds

Harry Hill likes mother’s funny novel on unfunny subject of cancer which features him

This little big town has emerged from its introverted shell to offer a livelier mix of cultural offerings, plus an exploding food scene

When Steven Ellison was growing up jazz showed him the future of music. Now Flying Lotus is returning the favour – in a very dark way

Jazz has become a ‘super-broad church’ and is no longer the preserve of middle-aged men, says Kenneth Killeen, the director of the four-day Dublin festival

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Damien Chazelle’s bravura debut treats the drumkit as a theatre of war

It’s hard to beat the pleasure of settling down on a sun lounger or sofa with a good book. Here are 25 of the season’s best to choose from

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Charlie Parker series shows no sign of flagging