Music

On the fiftieth anniversary of his death, it’s well worth revisiting his remarkable career

He isn’t for the faint of heart, but it’s worth confronting his life’s work

First Flight to Tokyo by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers reviewed

A new recording of a rare piece by Jean Sibelius is out

When Covid rampaged through the world like a Viking raid of death-cult realtors, the world was suddenly shorn of live music

For anyone looking for a stocking stuffer for the aficionado — or merely the lover — of good music, here it is

Lee Morgan was searching for a new musical path forward, following but not retreading the bebop era

From Joe Meek to Taylor Swift: a short history of lo-fi

No one played the blues like Mike Bloomfield

Dismissed as a dime-store Shostakovich, then praised as a major modern composer

No matter his personal woes, Evans almost always vouchsafed his listeners something not merely to dig but to cherish

Hawkwind played notes from underground, but they had a global influence

In the Eighties, Japan had prosperity, optimism, loads of bizarre porn and the solace of technological gadgetry

Poor Chet Baker. He really was born to be blue

’Tis the season for collectible vinyl

It’s a real shame the Christmas flexis have not had a proper, all-on-one album release