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Acclaimed drummer, composer and producer Richard Spaven has forged a distinctive musical identity by blending jazz, drum and bass, electronica and hip hop. His technical fluency has seen him collaborate with a wide range of artists, including Cinematic Orchestra, Flying Lotus and Loyle Carner. Spaven, initially grounded in big band jazz, was heavily influenced by the London club scene, immersing himself in drum and bass, garage, dubstep and other styles. This has evolved into a singular approach that ...

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Nils Petter Molvaer: Be Quiet

by Neil Duggan
July 7, 2026

For over three decades, Norwegian trumpeter and composer Nils Petter Molvaer has stood as one of the most influential figures in European jazz. On Be Quiet, he continues to push the boundaries of his already remarkable body of work, collaborating with a different artist in a different location on each of the nine tracks Molvær is no stranger to bold concepts. Since first attracting attention through his work with Arild Andersen in Masqualero, his brand of Nordic restraint ...

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Dave Stapleton: Quiet Fire

Read "Quiet Fire" reviewed by Geno Thackara

by Geno Thackara
March 14, 2026

Fourteen years on from the previous album under his own name, the music world is a different place, and indeed, Dave Stapleton is a very different musician. While his distinct ear for melody is recognizable, this affair is a world away from 2012's Flight (Edition). The pianist's breakthrough-at-the-time solo outing was an ambitious and expansive chamber-jazz affair crossing acoustic combo with string quartet. The feeling here is likewise evocative and picturesque, but on a more introspective and intimate scale.

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Jazz Juniors 2025

by Martin Longley
October 12, 2025

Jazz Juniors Cricoteka Krákow, Poland October 2-4, 2025 What is happening with today's youth? The annual Jazz Juniors competition (and accompanying festival) assembled its usual eager participants, vying for cash and concerts in prizes. For this 49th edition, six acts appeared at the very suitable Cricoteka riverside venue, allotted very brief spans to reveal their talents, for maybe 20 minutes and two or three numbers (this being jazz). The entrants are selected in blindfolded fashion, ...

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Elisabetta Antonini, Alessandro Contini: [R]evolution

Read "[R]evolution" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
July 1, 2025

Una riflessione musicale sull'arte e la sua rivoluzionaria capacità di cambiamento di sguardi sul mondo: questa l'ispirazione che muove [R]evolution, lavoro congiunto di Elisabetta Antonini e Alessandro Contini, compagni nella vita e per la prima volta anche in un'esperienza artistica. Il disco si suddivide in nove brani, quasi tutti dedicati a un artista “rivoluzionario," iniziando con Pina Bausch e concludendo con David Sylvian, al quale in certa misura si ispira musicalmente, toccando Fela Kuti e Sebastiao Salgado, Dino ...

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Kraków Jazz Week: Seifert Competition & Jazz Juniors

by Martin Longley
December 9, 2024

Kraków Jazz Week Cricoteka/Hevre Kraków, Poland September 26th-October 3rd 2024 This was the second Kraków Jazz Week, but there is a much deeper history unearthed when studying the roots of this new event. Fundamentally, it involves the amalgamation of two long-running festivals: the Seifert Competition and Jazz Juniors, this latter having a history that reaches all the way back to 1976, so now nearing its 40th anniversary. The Seifert event is ...

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Vossa Jazz Going Strong and Poetic at 50

by Josef Woodard
April 12, 2023

Vossa Jazz Voss, Norway March 31-April 2, 2023 Origin stories in the still-young-ish wild frontier of jazz festival culture can be fascinating case studies in feisty pioneer spirit. Take the Western Norwegian Vossa Jazz Festival, an important stop in the storied Norwegian festival circuit, which celebrated its ripe old 50th birthday this year. Its humble origins date back to the dreaming and scheming of twentysomething jazz enthusiasts from Voss, Lars Mossefinn, Arild Wærness and Asle Haaland, ...