Jazzwise

Archived since April 1997

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314 issues

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Over the last ten years Jazzwise has become the biggest-selling jazz magazine in Britain. In fact, it now outsells all the other UK jazz magazines put together. With agenda-setting news and comment, a comprehensive gig guide, in-depth features, exclusive interviews and over 100 CDs, books and DVDs reviewed in each issue it offers an excellent companion for music students with ambitions to perfect their instrument.

Latest Issue:

Jazzwise magazine’s March 2026 issue is a Louis Armstrong special, looking at how the trumpeter’s importance still fires the jazz scene today, with a deep dive into his game-changing Hot Five group 100 years on. There are also exclusive features from Val Wilmer on Louis’ untold adventures touring the UK in 1934, plus a look at the movers and shakers of the 1920s Jazz Age.

Also in the issue are interviews with Brit sax supremo Tim Garland, stylish US trumpeter Theo Crocker and rising UK jazz singer Ni Maxine. Revered trumpeter and label boss Dave Douglas selects the albums he can’t live without in Takes Five.

Two baritone sax talents, Lauren Sevian and Hannah Horton, discuss their love of low notes; harpist Julie Campicheselects a Keith Jarrett album as her Turning Point; and leading US guitarist Julian Lage talks about his great new Blue Note set, Scenes From Above.

All this, plus the UK’s biggest jazz album reviews, news and gig guide.

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