Mark Gilbert

Jazz FM – just for London in those days before internet radio – was launched in 1990 after lobbying by Dave Lee, the former Dankworth pianist and composer of the That’s Life TV theme. Working in Los Angeles in 1980, Dave had been so impressed by the abundance of jazz on local radio that he […]

Is jazz intrinsically left-wing? Judging by the JJ inbox, it’s a question that many might think doesn’t need asking. It certainly seems a frequent assumption, often unspoken but evident from actions or positions taken. And jazz has long been associated – by political activists and some musicians – with civil rights, equality and other nominally […]

Comprehensive chronicle adds new footage of 'the greatest guitarist you never heard', one perhaps isolated by his eclecticism and virtuosity

To mark the death of Tony Coe we republish an article in which he comments on Basie, the Beatles, Jan Garbarek, modal and free jazz and more

Touching reminders of how JJ advertisers marked the UK’s entry into the European family. It appears none has celebrated its departure

The London club is again collecting unwanted instruments for distribution to children with limited access to musical expression

Israel’s Eilat Harbor is the venue 10-12 November for concerts including Cory Henry, Mulatu Astatke and the English saxophonist Emma Rawicz

Nu-jazz newcomer Emma-Jean Thackray, drummer Makaya McCraven and British soul singer Mica Miller will present their favourites

Two-handed tapper Stanley Jordan and one-time young lion Chico Freeman are among the intriguing bookings at the club this month and next

At $81,184 a GoFundMe campaign for the popular mainstream clarinettist and saxophonist has exceeded its target but will remain open