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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Olivia Cuttill, Donovan Haffner and Soweto Kinch among the winners at 2025’s Parliamentary Jazz Awards

Sweden meets LA: jazzahead! unveils starstudded 2026 opening concert in Bremen

Phil Robson/Jed Levy band to hit the road for December dates

Editor’s Note

EMMA RAWICZ TAKES 5 • The saxophonist and composer selects the albums she can’t live without

Miles centenary celebrated with Southbank X Montreux mini-fest and new Plugged Nickel box set

65 YEARS AGO… GIL EVANS

Tim Garland, Zoe Rahman and Marius Neset booked for Liverpool International Jazz

Mammal Hands move to ACT Music for upcoming album Circadia

Elliot Galvin, Equal Spirits, Robert Mitchell and ARQ boogie on down to Bath

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

Jack DeJohnette: 09/08/1942–26/10/2025

Jim McNeely: 18/05/1949 – 26/09/2025

Anthony Jackson: 23/06/1952 – 19/10/2025

EAST SIDE STORY • Selwyn Harris ventures to Leytonstone to tell the story of the East Side Jazz club, a haven for jazzers looking for solace in the wilds of East London

Albums of the Year: Critics' Poll 2025

Donovan’s Riff • An alumnus of Tomorrow’s Warriors and winner of a 2025 Parliamentary Jazz ‘Best Newcomer' Award, South London’s Donovan Haffner has got off to a flying start – released an album, played with everyone on the UK jazz scene and garnered plaudits and prizes. But, as Eddie Myer discovers, there’s a lot more to come…

Progress from a place of love • Up - and coming alto saxophonist and composer Alice Leggett has just released her debut album and is attracting jazz lovers’ attention. Victoria Kingham meets a young musician with an interesting past and a very bright future

Eternal Ella! • She was one of the greatest jazz singers of all time – but who exactly was Ella Fitzgerald? Ahead of a new, revised edition of Stuart Nicholson’s acclaimed book, Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography Of The First Lady Of Jazz, the author reveals the contrasting sides to the enigmatic superstar who went from homelessness in Harlem to loneliness in a Beverley Hills mansion

Ella’s heirs • Ella Fitzgerald has influenced countless vocalists, both male and female, over the decades. Here Peter Quinn assesses her legacy – and speaks to three top singers whose art has been profoundly shaped by the First Lady of Jazz

The Freedom Principle • The éminence grise of leftfield Brit-jazz, multi-reed master Paul Dunmall is on a hot creative streak with no fewer than six new albums released in the last two years. The avuncular 72-year-old has yet more music in the pipeline and, as he tells Daniel Spicer, some newly-issued recordings with legendary UK improv unit Mujician reveal an even wilder side to his musicianship

GOSPEL, JAZZ & THE HOLY SPIRIT • Val Wilmer reaches some conclusions and rescues some photographs while feeling the earth move along the way

TURNING POINT • Pianist Benjamin Lackner explains to Brian Glasser that a Keith Jarrett Standards Trio classic is the reason why he’s enjoyed a long and fruitful relationship with the ECM label

The boy done good! • Born blind and raised in poverty, Sir George Shearing’s life journey took...