Jazzwise

Welcome to the UK’s biggest selling jazz monthly. Jazzwise has been at the heart of the global jazz scene since the magazine’s launch in 1997, changing the way jazz publications look and think for the last two decades, with a stunning editorial and design package that reaches out worldwide to both the new jazz audience and established fans – qualities that have led to it winning Jazz Publication of the Year at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards, the Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Awards and the Jazz FM Awards.

Jazzwise

Younger, Tolliver, MonoNeon, second Metheny Barbican show and more added to 2024 EFG LJF

Kamasi Washington back in UK for October tour

New live Wayne Shorter Quartet LP released on Blue Note

Ronnie’s closes for refurb with gigs relocated to Ninety One Living Room

Editor’s Note

Jim Mullen, Edison Herbert and Zoe Gilby play Leyburn Jazz Fest

BACK IN THE DAY…

Nubya Garcia opens up for new album, Odyssey

FUTURE MOVERS • HIGHLIGHTING SERIOUS TALENT BUBBLING UNDER THE RADAR….

TAKES 5 KATHRINE WINDFELD • The pianist selectsthe five compositions she can’t live without

Hejira and Lockrane booked for Scarborough Jazz Fest

Soweto Kinch and Barb Jungr lined up for Lowestoft

85 YEARS AGO – Art Tatum

Rosie Frater-Taylor, Eliane Correa and Geoff Eales to play Brecon Jazz Festival

Alex Riel: 13/9/1940 – 9/6/2024

NEWS IN BRIEF

Charting the Jazz Message/August 2024

WHERE THERE’S SMOKE THERE’S FIRE… • This month Andrey Henkin drops in on prestigious New York venue/record label Smoke as it celebrates its 25th anniversary year

From calm to turbulent waters • As part of this issue’s look at the Blue Note label’s bounty of musical riches as it hits 85, Brian Priestley sets sail into the heart of 'Maiden Voyage', one of Herbie Hancock’s most enigmatic tunes

Catching the updraft • With an expansive sound and fresh ideas, New York-based Swiss guitarist Silvan Joray is among a new wave of six-string stars on the rise. Tom Spargo spoke to him when the guitarist stopped off for his first UK gig to find out more

Community spirit • Informed as much by the ‘organised chaos’ of Keith Tippett as the folksiness of John Taylor, Raph Clarkson has forged a bold musical outlook. Selwyn Harris spoke to the trombonist about how everything’s coming together in his South African-inspired group Equal Sprits

the big blue • With a history stretching back to the 78rpm era in 1939, and an unrivalled catalogue of over 1,000 albums, the Blue Note label has come to embody both the iconography and sound of jazz. As the imprint now celebrates its 85th anniversary, Kevin Le Gendre had a rare opportunity to sit down with Blue Note’s President and Vice President – Don Was and Justin Seltzer respectively – to the discuss how the label and its artists are keeping its weighty legacy alive today

UPLIFTING VIBES • Not yet 30, and with four acclaimed Blue Note albums under his belt, vibraphonist Joel Ross is already a bona fide star. Here he tells Jane Cornwell about his latest outing Nublues, his Christian faith and the jazz greats who have helped shape his life and music

Zara McFarlane • Back with a soul-stirring album dedicated to, and inspired by, the immortal Sarah Vaughan, Zara McFarlane has come of age with a career-defining set, Sweet Whispers. Peter Quinn spoke to the vocalist, who explains why she feels Sassy’s still relevant today

FROM SEGREGATION TO TRANSFORMATION • A new documentary film and autobiographical book – both sharing the title Playing the Changes – are about to be released, telling the story of how Darius Brubeck (eldest son of Dave), and his wife Cathy, set up South Africa’s first jazz education programme – against a backdrop of apartheid, extreme poverty and political...