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Love Supreme Festival 2026: A Personal Perspective

by Andy Crowther
July 14, 2026

The South Downs in East Sussex is a beautiful part of the UK. Glynde Place, the location for the Love Supreme Jazz Festival, is in the sweet spot between the bustling seaside city of Brighton and Hove, and the dramatic ridges of the Downs. Rolling countryside, flint-stone buildings, and Glyndebourne House--famous around the world for its ...

Frank Housh's Favorite Jazz Albums Of 2025

by Frank Housh
January 19, 2026

2025 was a great year for jazz. Below are my reviews for the year, from established artists like Brad Mehldau, John Scofield, and Celine McLorin Salvant to rising talents like Christian Pabst and Jo-Yu Chen. The first two album reviews are of artists that did more than simply demonstrate superior artistry, they spoke powerfully about the ...

Tuff Times Never Last

By Kokoroko

Label: Brownswood Recordings
Released: 2025
Track listing: Never Lost; Sweetie; Closer To Me; My Father in Heaven; Idea 5 (Call My Name) (feat. LULU.); Three Piece Suit (feat. Azekel); Time and Time (feat. Demae); Da Du Dah; Together We Are; Just Can’t Wait; Over / Reprise.

Kokoroko: Tuff Times Never Last

by Frank Housh
July 19, 2025

Kokoroko's sophomore album is cool. Cool as the other side of the pillow, cool like floating on top of the deep blue ocean, cool like the Fonz. Kokoroko may be properly classified within the “Afrobeat" jazz subgenre which mixes West African rhythms with jazz harmony. Its sound also includes a heavy dose of “highlife," ...

Brilliant Corners 2025: Days 1-4

by Ian Patterson
March 13, 2025

Brilliant Corners 2025 Black Box/Various Venues Belfast, N. IrelandFebruary 28-March 8, 2025 Thirteen is young for most things, smartphones, cars and your average household pet aside. Thirteen is young for jazz festivals too, but as jazz festivals go, Brilliant Corners qualifies as a precocious youth. Its programming, whilst musically inclusive and ...

Trish Clowes, Ross Stanley: Journey to Where

by Angelo Leonardi
February 11, 2025

Il jazz britannico contemporaneo non si esaurisce nel multiforme movimento londinese di Shabaka Hutchings, Nubya Garcia, Ashley Henry, Theon Cross, Kokoroko eccetera. Meno noti in Italia ma non meno interessanti sono i jazzmen legati al filone del mainstream jazz statunitense, come la sassofonista Trish Clowes e il pianista Ross Stanley, che da un decennio animano il ...

Boom Collective, Ruby Ruston, Greg Foat, Kokoroko, Chakalaka Jazz, And More

by Tony Poole
November 8, 2024

Tony Poole selects his favourite new releases and pre-releases on this 2-hour uninterrupted music-only edition. Playlist Gaetano Partipilo & Boom Collective “Something Broken" from MAST Studio Session 2024 (independent) 00:00 Ruby Ruston “Stapodia" single (22a Records) 06:53 Zoe Kypri “Holding You (radio edit) Chris Baxter Remix" single (independent) 14:14 Greg Foat “A Private Cosmos" ...

Vibration Black Finger, Caixa Cabo, Kokoroko, Raw Odoni, Cruisic, And More

by Tony Poole
October 11, 2024

Tony Poole selects his favourite tracks from the latest new releases and pre-releases. This week's featured artist is the London-based spiritual soul jazz collective Vibration Black Finger with their soon to be released third album Everybody Cryin' Mercy. Producer Lascelle Gordon provides another “complete listening experience" on the back of their last project from 2020, Can ...

Unapologetic Expression: The Inside Story Of The UK Jazz Explosion

by Ian Patterson
September 5, 2024

Unapologetic Expression: The Inside Story Of The UK Jazz Explosion André Marmot 424 Pages ISBN: 978-0-571-37448-9 Faber & Faber 2024 Anyone who has kept half an eye on the UK/London jazz scene since the turn of the century will likely be aware that jazz there has gone from being ...