Jazz
Glastonbury 2024: There's a place for everyone on Worthy Farm
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1624_Music_GettyImages-2159851731.jpg?w=648)
Glastonbury 2024: There's a place for everyone on Worthy Farm
Electronica and jazz fans were well catered for at this year's Glastonbury festival
Blue Note Records opens first ever Glasgow store as jazz festival fever hits town
![Jazz performing](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1542_Sam-Delaney_jens-thekkeveettil-dBWvUqBoOU8-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
Blue Note Records opens first ever Glasgow store as jazz festival fever hits town
How the UK's jazz explosion led to a rebirth of cool
![Ezra Collective after winning the 2023 Mercury Prize.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1618_Music_2RRD5AK.jpg?w=768)
How the UK's jazz explosion led to a rebirth of cool
Soweto Kinch on ripping up the jazz rulebook and how his new BBC show is building community
Soweto Kinch on ripping up the jazz rulebook and how his new BBC show is building community
How the world finally caught up with music pioneer Alice Coltrane
How the world finally caught up with music pioneer Alice Coltrane
Composer Cassie Kinoshi: 'Understanding one's own mental health is of utmost importance to me'
![Cassie Kinoshi](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/1604_Music_Hero.jpg?w=768)
Composer Cassie Kinoshi: 'Understanding one's own mental health is of utmost importance to me'
This is everything to look out for in the world of jazz in 2024
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1599-Music.jpg?w=768)
This is everything to look out for in the world of jazz in 2024
Xero Slingsby: The anarchic spirit of British jazz being discovered by a new generation
![Fergus Quill with his copy of Xero Slingsby and The Works’ first album, Shove It](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Music_Hero_Ferus-Quill-x-Xero-Slingsby-LP.jpg?w=768)
Xero Slingsby: The anarchic spirit of British jazz being discovered by a new generation
How Switzerland's Montreux Jazz Festival is nurturing tomorrow's headliners
![Miles Davis playing onstage](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1589-music-hero-miles-davis-E140WA.jpg?w=768)
How Switzerland's Montreux Jazz Festival is nurturing tomorrow's headliners
Bex Burch: Jazz musician compares building her own xylophone with Ant-Man in the Quantum Realm
![Bex Burch with a xylophone](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/1585_Music_Bex_Burch_Portrait_FabianBrennecke_15.jpg?w=768)
Bex Burch: Jazz musician compares building her own xylophone with Ant-Man in the Quantum Realm
How Matthew Halsall enticed new ears to Manchester's magical jazz scene
![Matthew Halsall playing a trumpet in front of a coloured screen](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/MH-AECV-PR-9-CreditEmilyDennison.jpeg?w=768)
How Matthew Halsall enticed new ears to Manchester's magical jazz scene
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Soweto Kinch, Say She She: Jazz to see us through dark days
![Ruichi Sakamoto](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1546_Music_KEJC38.jpg?w=768)
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Soweto Kinch, Say She She: Jazz to see us through dark days
Sam Delaney: 'I thought I was too good for my local jazz club. Not any more'
![Jazz performing](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1542_Sam-Delaney_jens-thekkeveettil-dBWvUqBoOU8-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
Sam Delaney: 'I thought I was too good for my local jazz club. Not any more'
Voices of Bishara takes British jazz in an innovative new direction
![Tom Skinner](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1540_Music_Tom-Skinner-credit_-André-Baumecker-1.jpg?w=768)
Voices of Bishara takes British jazz in an innovative new direction
Blue Note Re:imagined II goes back in time to forge future paths
![Theon Cross is featured on Blue Note Re:imagined II](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1532_Music_W2DEGE.jpg?w=768)
Blue Note Re:imagined II goes back in time to forge future paths
Plunderphonia: reinventing legends for modern ears
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1498_Music.jpg?w=768)
Plunderphonia: reinventing legends for modern ears
Soweto Kinch’s pandemic reflections draw parallels with Civil Rights Movement music
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/1490_Music-scaled.jpg?w=768)
Soweto Kinch’s pandemic reflections draw parallels with Civil Rights Movement music
In praise of re-issues, the musical goldmines which never run dry
![Songwriter and original hippie eden ahbez, right, with Nat King Cole and Fred Allen, left, in 1948.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/1486_music.jpg?w=768)
In praise of re-issues, the musical goldmines which never run dry
Gilles Peterson is excited about the British jazz explosion
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/MUSIC_WEB_1478.jpg?w=768)