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

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Simcock and Downes star in new RAM gig series

Joshua Redman and Bill Frisell to top Cheltenham’s 2026 bill

Laura Jurd and Jasmine Myra booked for this year’s jazzahead! showcase concert programme

Editor’s Note

INCOMING!– SCORCHING NEW RELEASES LEGGING IT INTO THE JAZZWISE INBOX…

BACK IN THE DAY… • 'On The Corner of King and Scott Streets'

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

JOEL ROSS TAKES 5 • The US vibist selects the albums he can’t live without

Neil Cowley Trio bounce back with Bach tour dates

60 YEARS AGO… WAYNE SHORTER

Marilyn Mazur: 18/01/1955 – 12/12/2025

Julian Lage announces new Scenes from Above album and Royal Festival Hall date for May 2026

Chris Potter/Pablo Held Trio and Rebecca Nash’s Aurum for first Eastside Jazz Fest

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE • Can jazz escape the rise of AI-generated music? John Bungey met with Michael League of Snarky Puppy and finds the bassist is deeply worried for the music’s future in an age of ever-growing computing power and rapidly-changing listening habits

Charting the Jazz Message/February 2026

HOVE INTO VIEW • Andy Robson sneaks into The Speakeasy and St Andrew’s in Hove, and is won over by their charms…

THE SHAPE OF JAZZ TO COME 2026 • As we step into a brand new year, what better moment to look ahead with a dash of optimism – fuelled by the musicians who continue to surprise and inspire? Jazzwise invited friends from across the jazz world, along with our editors and contributors, to peer into their crystal balls and share who they believe will shine in the months to come… and beyond!

Kite flyers • Pianist Esben Tjalve has been forging an impeccable rep as sideman and bandleader. His ‘slow burn’ band Red Kite return with their third album, Popludium, which spotlights a pool of stellar European jazz talent, and, he tells Tom Spargo, he’s very proud of it

Spontaneous combustion • One of the best live acts in contemporary jazz, with their latest album the Matti Klein Soul Trio have managed to bottle their onstage lightning in the studio. On the Trio’s most recent visit to the UK at the end of last year, Kevin Whitlock met up with leader Matti to discover the secret behind the threesome’s chemistry

“I’M NOT BLIND, I JUST DON’T SEE LIKE THE REST OF YOU” • One of jazz’s true outsiders, but also one of its most restless, pioneering spirits, Rahsaan Roland Kirk continues to inspire and influence today’s cutting-edge musicians. The release of two superb archival live sets gives Kevin Le Gendre the opportunity to tell his story, with help from admirers and those who played with the great man

Play… For Today • Fresh from her win for Jazzwise’s 2025 Album of the Year for Bone Bells with close friend and collaborator Mary Halvorson, pianist Sylvie Courvoisier spoke to Selwyn Harris about how her creativity is fuelled by friendship

In with a bang! • This year is going to be a busy one for trumpeter, bandleader, composer and label boss Mark Kavuma. Eddie Myer gets the scoop…

WESTBROOK: SUCH SUITE THUNDER • One of the greatest British jazz composers, Mike Westbrook has been a whirlwind of creativity...