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STORM FORCE

Today, Blue Note Records releases Forces Of Nature: Live At Slugs‘, a previously unissued live recording from 1966 by jazz greats McCoy Tyner and Joe Henderson. The album’s producer is Grammy nominee Zev Feldman,...

SPIRIT WORLD

Ahead of his much-anticipated Ronnie Scott’s show this coming Wednesday, the prolific US keyboard whizz and jazz polymath GREG SPERO talks with SJF’s Charles Waring. Topics include his band Spirit Fingers, touring with electro-pop...

THE BIG CHIEF

On the eve of his keenly anticipated Ronnie Scott’s concert, jazz master Donald Harrison talks about his love affair with London, learning from Art Blakey, and applying quantum theory to jazz. “I’m always pinching...

MOVING MOUNTAINS

Judith Hill opens up about cyberbullying and loss, facing 40, and music’s healing power.  What’s not to like about Judith Hill? On the surface, she seems to have it all; she is supremely beautiful...

SHADOWLANDS

Lizz Wright talks about loss, cheffing in the community, and recalls hanging out with jazz legend Jimmy Scott.  As a serious recording artist whose career is almost midway through its third decade, singer/songwriter Lizz...

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

Music legend Eddy Grant talks about making Killer On The Rampage, tasting success in The Equals, and his Caribbean heritage.   Blessings often come in disguise. An event that may initially seem catastrophic and turn...

ON THE WRIGHT TRACK

Back with a new single ‘Doing It On The Flo,’ veteran funk pioneer Charles Wright reflects on his life and career, recalling the origins of his iconic hit ‘Express Yourself’ and working with comedian...

KEYBOARD WARRIOR

Matt Johnson, Jamiroquai’s seasoned jazz-funk keyboardist, talks about his new live solo album and recalls the highs of his twenty-one years in one of the world’s best-known bands.  “The first thing I encountered when...

SOLE SISTER

Sister Sledge’s Kathy Sledge on her November UK tour, working with Chic and teaming up with Jam & Lewis on her forthcoming studio project.   In 1978, just as the flames from the disco inferno...