American author, artist and poet Tadd Richards has written over 30 books in the last 50 years. His most recent, Listening To Prestige, recounts the 22-year history of the Prestige record label.

Reconnection The inspiration for Tuve Halse’s new album, Reconnection, made with her quintet, comes in part from a trip she made to Svalbard, a remote archipelago in the Arctic Circle where polar ...

Mountain Call This recording should not be confused with bassist Vitous’s debut album as leader, Mountain In The Clouds ...

Thirty years ago Mark Gilbert read a book that was a corrective to the sage view of the 80s and 90s that jazz had lost its ...

Thirty years ago Mark Gilbert welcomed TT's latest, not least for its reminders of the melodic clarity of the mid-80s Spears ...

Elegant Calamity Wellington, NZ-based multi-instrumentalist Oscar Lavën brought together an eclectic mix of local musicians for Elegant Calamity where he unveils his own mixed bag of influences to ...

The genesis of this book provides a striking beginning to author Steven Bowie’s introduction. Way back in 2010 he dreamed he was standing by a bookstand and beside him was Cootie Williams, leafing ...

Although essentially an autobiography, this is a series of interviews with French writer and longtime collaborator of Legrand, Stéphane Lerouge. It doesn’t follow a chronology, but each event triggers ...

Thirty years ago Derek Ansell welcomed a good straightahead piano trio but wondered why they used an old fag-stained pub joanna to record their new album ...

Sorts Of 3 Pianist Steve Lodder has been a respected figure in jazz for some time, closely linked to Andy Sheppard in earlier ...

Jazz Journal - 26 January 2026 New releases December 2025 – January 2026, O-R ...