Jazzwise
Archived since
April 1997
Complete Archive
312 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 bumper December/January double issue is an Ella Fitzgerald special, uncovering fascinating aspects of her life and music with an in-depth cover feature. Inside, leading vocal stars Samara Joy, Ledisi and Ian Shaw discuss how Ella remains a key influence on them today.
Also in the issue are the full results of the Jazzwise 2025 Critics Poll with the full Top 20 New Releases and Reissue/Archive Albums of the Year, alongside all the individual writers’ charts. Plus there are interviews with top US band Snarky Puppy, Brit jazz improv maestro Paul Dunmall, a look at the extraordinary career of pianist Sir George Shearing and pianist Benhamin Lackner reveals it’s a classic Keith Jarrett Standards Trio album that changed his life in Turning Point.
Rising sax star Emma Rawicz selects the albums she can’t live without in Takes Five; bassist Julia Hofertalks about her journey into jazz in The Player, and saxophonists Donovan Haffner and Alice Leggett are the ones to watch in Taking Off.
All this plus the UK’s most extensive album reviews, news and gig guide…
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