The Sunday 26 March edition of BBC Radio 3’s Jazz Record Requests (4pm) will be marking the death of Wayne Shorter with a special programme including interview extracts. Listeners are invited to […]
Alyn Shipton – On Jazz: A Personal Journey(Cambridge University Press, out in hardback 5 May. Book review by John Bungey) Alyn Shipton has lived the jazz life. No, not that one, the one […]
Alyn Shipton’s new book On Jazz draws on a weighty archive of interviews he has accumulated in a long career mixing roles as publisher, author, editor, broadcaster and, not least, musician. He explains how […]
Alyn Shipton’s New Orleans Friends – In Concert(The Last Music Company, BCLB 002. Review by Leonard Weinreich)Jazz, as we know it, first surfaced in New Orleans, a city unique in its country. […]
The first few months of 2022 will see quite a few new additions to the Equinox Books Jazz List, in the series Popular Music History. Series Editor is broadcaster, author and bassist […]
Chris Barber – A Trailblazer’s Legacy(Last Music Co LMCD227. Album review by Denny Ilett) Serving as a fitting memorial to trombonist Chris Barber’s extraordinary career, A Trailblazer’s Legacy is a beautifully packaged […]
Alyn Shipton – The Art of Jazz: A Visual History (Imagine! Publishing. 256 pp. Book review by Leonard Weinreich) In this sumptuous book, jazz historian, broadcaster and double-bassist Alyn Shipton celebrates the […]
