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

Love Supreme Jazz Festival full line-up announced with esperanza spalding, Moses Boyd, The Bad Plus and Emma Rawicz

Courtney Pine and Soweto Kinch for new boutique Torbay Jazz Festival on Devon’s English Riviera

Swanage Jazz Festival marks 35th edition with centenary tributes

Editor’s Note

Miles and Coltrane centenaries BBC Proms 2026 jazz highlights

INCOMING!– SCORCHING NEW RELEASES LEGGING IT INTO THE JAZZWISE INBOX…

BACK IN THE DAY…

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

ELINA DUNI TAKES 5 • The vocalist and songwriter selects the albums she can’t live without

Glasgow Jazz Festival Marks 40th Edition with 40 Performances

65 YEARS AGO… BILL EVANS

Terence Blanchard, Ravi Coltrane and Marcus Miller lead big jazz names at Gent Jazz 2026

Shez Raja Announces UK Summer Tour 2026 with Guthrie Govan

Kings Place Announces Summer Jazz Programme

Second Brubeck Living Legacy Prize Opens for Applications

Peter Evans' EXTRA blows in for UK tour May 2026

Charting the Jazz Message/June 2026

SWINGIN’ AT THE STADTGARTEN • As it celebrates its 40th anniversary, Martin Longley visits Cologne’s Stadtgarten venue and reflects on its storied history of creative music. From its origins as a musicians’ initiative to its current status as a European hub, current programmer Kornelia Vossebein discuses its ambitious future

Come Fly With Me • With a Jazz FM Award nomination and a new album in the can, bass-baritone singer and trumpeter Marvin Muoneké is making waves. He spoke to Peter Jones about his humble beginnings and growing reputation across the UK and Europe

Dark Harmonies, Bright Future • With their stunning debut New Eve, vocalist Sylvie Noble and bassist Ursula Harrison prove that a voice-and-bass duo can be both intimate and daring. Inspired by Betty Carter, Gillian Welch and their Welsh roots, they spoke to Andy Robson about their partnership where risk-taking and a light touch transform heavy lyrics into something beautiful

SIDE-EYE OF THE STORM • Guitar legend Pat Metheny continues his legacy of mentorship with Side-Eye, now in its third iteration. This summer, he brings his latest line-up of young virtuosos to London for three shows at the Barbican. Stuart Nicholson spoke to the six-stringer who opens up about his drive to elevate emerging talent and the complexity and richness of his iconic songbook

Of Paramount Importance • A tough tenorist with a tender heart, Joe Lovano continues his exploratory recordings with his latest for ECM, the open-sounding Paramount Quartet – a spellbinding set featuring guitar star Julian Lage. Ahead of his appearance at Love Supreme in July with pianist Antonio Faraò and then his Coltrane 100 group at the EFG London Jazz Festival in November, Peter Jones spoke to the tenor titan about the organic roots of his latest collaboration

TRUST THYSELF • With her stunning Blue Note debut Diavola, vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa proves that true artistry isn’t about reinvention but reduction. Co-produced by Joshua Redman and Don Was, the album transforms familiar songs into intimately immersive sound-worlds. Cavassa spoke to Peter Quinn about how deep listening and self-trust shaped her most courageous work to date

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