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A couple of weeks ago Downbeat published their August issue and with it their 74th annual critics poll of the best in jazz. The list is a lengthy undertaking in so far as it contains 62 categories, which invite critics to vote for a mix of established figures and rising stars. The headlines for this 74th edition of the...

The acclaimed violinist and erhu player Meg Okura does more than assemble a stellar cast for her virtuosic new album Isaiah, which she describes as 'a musical memoir of my shifting identities . . . a realm where I am not an outsider'. A stellar cast she does assemble with the flautist Anne Drummond and clarinetist Sam Sadigursky leading a...

For roughly half of the year I listened to everything, almost or near enough. Then I wilted, or the opposite of that, for come the summer I perked up in my stool and began to listen to summer ambiances like the chirping of birds, the splashing of hose pipes and water pistols or the sizzling of a barbecue. As...