EXPAND YOUR MIND
Cosmic funk pioneer and acid jazz icon Lonnie Liston Smith talks to SJF about his iconic Expansions album and other storied career highlights. Lonnie Liston Smith vividly remembers the day he was introduced to...
RIKER RECORDS: THE INTERVIEW
Boutique label RIKER RECORDS is a new kid on the UK soul block and it’s entered that sometimes bizarre and crazy world with something of a controversy. You see unlike the rest of the...
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...
