Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding: Milton + Esperanza – Mini-masterpiece with the near-magical melding of two voices
Spalding’s bright, airy vocals and Nascimento’s plaintive tenor and ethereal falsetto seem as if they were made for each other
Lux Quartet: Tomorrowland – Brilliant, seamless debut from an outstanding, forward-thinking new jazz quartet
All the tunes has an inherent sense of strength and freedom, form and abstraction; they are like structures without walls
Matt Wilson: Good Trouble – Right from the first notes, you know you’re in expert hands
Latest album by criminally underappreciated New York-based drummer (59) will put a smile on your face
Arooj Aftab: Night Reign – Powerful, affecting and unlike anything else
The fourth album from Pakistani-American singer and composer is set to continue her ascent from secret treasure to irresistible purveyor of ‘global soul’
Saxophonist Linda Fredriksson: ‘If I’m able to reach somebody who is not a jazz enthusiast or nerd, that’s the best possible goal’
Finnish musician on their album Juniper and preference for the baritone which ranges from ‘soft and tender, and sweet and beautiful, to roughness, horror, terror and pain’
Kamasi Washington: Fearless Movement – Somehow both more and less than The Epic and Heaven and Earth
For his first album in six years, Kamasi Washington - the most influential jazz musician of the 21st century - offers an immense, multilayered work that could be described as the aural equivalent of Los Angeles
Dave Douglas: ‘I wanted my music to be authentic and never the same twice. So there were a lot of years in the wilderness’
Bray Jazz Festival 2024: Like his hero Miles Davis, the trumpeter, composer and bandleader is fascinated by the dynamics of change
Bill Frisell: Orchestras – Guitarist, trio and ensembles become one multifaceted whole
Double release of concert-hall recordings features influential American’s regular trio plus Brussels Philharmonic and Umbria Jazz Orchestra
Samara Joy in Dublin: The young jazz star who earned a standing ovation from Adele, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift
The Grammy winner, who performs at the National Concert Hall this month, only has to sing a note or two for you to realise how exceptional she is
Trish Clowes & Ross Stanley: Journey to Where – Swing, emotion and atmosphere
A musical partnership of great sensitivity and strength
Julian Lage: ‘It’s criminal that I haven’t played in Ireland. I’ve been gunning for it’
Jazz guitarist, whose new album, Speak to Me, is out on Blue Note, first made waves as a child prodigy. His trajectory has continued upwards ever since
James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Transfiguration – Jazz’s exhilarating saxophonist of the moment
Album features acclaimed working group of Brad Jones on bass, Chad Taylor on drums and Aruán Ortiz on piano
Ches Smith: Laugh Ash – thrilling, unpredictable album that plays by its own extravagant set of rules
The US drummer’s 11th album as leader gives the fullest picture yet of his singular strand of ‘polyphony, dissonance and unison’
Vijay Iyer Trio: Compassion – Heady, visceral jazz from musicians working at the very highest level
Iyer’s connection with double bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey stretches back years
Ethan Iverson: Technically Acceptable – The blatant humblebrag of a jazz wonder
Iverson is restless and slightly geeky and possesses a contrarian sense of adventure