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Guide to the London Jazz Festival

30.10.09
The London Jazz Festival swings into town next month - it's time to learn to love the J-word. Richard Godwin takes you from A to Z... more

Best blues bars in London

23.10.09
Drown your sorrows with bourborn and the music of the deep South in the best blues bars in town.... more

CDs of the week

16.10.09
Spandau Ballet play it safe on their return, plus new releases from Alexandra Burke and Whitney Houston... more

CDs of the week

31.07.09
Julian Plenti isn't skyscraper at all, Frankmusic gets juvenile at times and Two Dancers prove they can scratch.... more

Mingus Dynasty is alive and kicking

07.07.09
Jack Massarik was struck by how well Mingus Dynasty's ensemble arrangements are now played, far more precisely than when he was alive. ... more

How fanfic took over the web

08.06.09
Ever wondered what happened to Harry Potter’s children? Or if Mr Rochester and Jane stayed hitched? Out in cyberspace fans have written sequels. ... more

Best CDs of 2008

19.12.08
From funk to fado, our critics round up the albums of the year.... more

Kurt Elling is as smooth as ever

19.11.08
The dapper Chicago supercrooner Kurt Elling unveiled a suite based on the recordings of John Coltrane and singer Johnny Hartman.... more

CDs of the week

29.08.08
Brian Wilson rehashes the Beach Boys, James Yorkston puts out a hypnotic album and Charles Lloyd is captured on record.... more

Has Robbie Coltrane healed his broken heart?

20.08.08
Slave that he is to his Celtic genes, Robbie Coltrane returned from his holidays this week with little evidence to show for three weeks in sun-soaked California.... more

Can anyone find me a decent local restaurant?

08.08.08
Having spent a disproportionate chunk of my life waiting tables, I normally favour generous tipping of hard-pressed restaurant staff. But last week I found myself pocketing my change and walking huffily out of a former favourite place to eat... more

Damon Brown makes music last

18.07.08
The tall, shaven-headed Damon Brown is flourishing in exile. Based in Paris, he's playing more warmly and fluently than ever.... more

Pharoah Sanders is almost hypnotic

27.06.08
There's no clearer sign that Ronnie Scott's is back on track than finding Pharoah Sanders on its bandstand, says Jack Massarik.... more

Mighty impressive line-up for Boosh

25.06.08
While most comics are happy to hit the stage armed solely with some choice quips, The Mighty Boosh are going one step further.... more

Ravi Shankar's farewell

05.06.08
Ravi Shankar's tour was billed “Farewell to Europe.” If he does return, it will be hard to beat this valedictory triumph.... more

Glut of talent as the giants step in

02.06.08
The chance to see two unmissable icons, pianist McCoy Tyner and guitarist John McLaughlin, proved impossible to ignore for Jack Massarik.... more

Neo-bop by a Neopolitan

09.01.08
Bad enough that Fabio Capello is teaching us how to play football, his Italian compatriot Renato D'Aiello is showing Londoners how the tenor sax should be played... more

Pop goes 2007 - music review of the year

21.12.07
From Mika to Mozart, our music critics present their guide to a vintage year with a look back at the best albums.... more

Cullum at the cutting edge

26.10.07
Jamie Cullum showed at the Electric Proms he has always been edgier than his cheeky chappy persona and grisly covers suggested.... more

Davis is Miles ahead in jazz poll

10.04.07
The Miles Davis classic So What has been voted the best ever jazz record.... more

CDs of the week

09.02.07
This week's CD round-up includes the Miles Davis quintet, Lucinda Williams' bleakest album to date and the latest offering from veteran band The Fall.... more

Pyrotechnics hide lack of soul

16.01.07
Tenor sax man Chris Potter and his band are all impressively energetic. But, sad to say, they are also deeply uninvolving, thinks Jack Massarik.... more

Crosby reigns Supreme

05.12.06
From thrashing fury to moments of near-exhausted tenderness, Gary Crosby's Nu Troop's Coltrane-themed set provided a very special evening, says Jack Massarik.... more

CDs of the week

24.11.06
Take That are back with polite, mature pop, Jay-Z delivers his eighth studio album and a double-disc retrospective marks the 10th anniversary of Ronnie Scott's death.... more

Heavy going

21.08.06
Trumpeter Jumaane Smith was blowing like a young Woody Shaw as the Rashied Ali quartet played some heavy modern jazz in two uncompromising sets at Live! on the Park.... more

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