Cherwell Food dines at Lula’s Ethiopian and Eritrean Cuisine
I knew it would be good when we were sat opposite Lula’s poetry library.
On a warm afternoon in early June, my friend and I...
In Conversation With Velvet
"If you haven’t heard of them, you should have."
The Spin Jazz Club announces move to the Old Fire Station
"Supporting local music is so important, especially now when it is under threat from grassroots venue closures across the country."
Notes on Improvisation
Improvisation is a strange topic to think about. On the surface, it seems to be fairly simple: know the chord progression to follow, choose...
Music History: Django Reinhardt
George Newton reflects on the life of the jazz guitarist who defined an era.
Hidden in Harlem
If Nick had driven into Manhattan one day, taking the right turns, he might have found himself in the eye of a creative storm. Jazz clubs would spring up around him, filled with artists, musicians, and poets. He would be in Harlem at the zenith of its renaissance.
Star People: unearthing Miles Davis’ jazz-rock family tree
By the mid-60s, jazz was floundering. The preceding decade saw bebop – the most radical post-war interpretation of the breed – birth several pioneering...
Nu Jazz – How it Began
The evolution of jazz into the present day
Sexism in Jazz
Lola Grieve explores the underrepresentation of women in jazz in discussion with female jazz musicians at Oxford
Memorable sax solos and individual flair at the Varsity jazz-off
If this show was about demonstrating the very best they can do, then Oxford delivered
The ‘new’ jazz must be seen as well as heard
The latest offering from the 'new' Jazz scene is an innovative success, writes Harriet Davis
Spotlight: Basic Space
Natalia Bus delights in the Oxford duo's relaxing sound
OxFolk Reviews: ‘This Is How We Fly’
Ben Ray reviews the latest album from Irish group 'This Is How We Fly'
Review: Miles Ahead – this is no hagiography
Miles Ahead successfully connects the deeply flawed private man with his public persona, the greatest jazz musician of the twentieth century, writes Altair Brandon-Salmon