While the lights at Sydney's Vivid Festival outshone the majority of musical performers, Wayne Shorter left a jazzy footprint on one of our writers that they will remember for a l-o-n-g time to come.

420 JAZZ IT... Spark a spliff and float away thanks to this ridiculously chilled jazz inspired playlist...

Cool Uncle is old school Soul legend Bobby Caldwell and new school Soul auteur Jack Splash ? the homie Huwston had a chat to the latter and found out how these two made beautiful music together for their new album.

An old colleague of mine was a very large South African named Jumbo who had transplanted to London. He was tall and big and able to handle his drink. And smoke a bud or two. He was obsessed (in the right way) with reggae and spent plenty of time in Jamaica, setting up the Frontline label.

Pharoah Sanders came to town to play and was introduced as Jazz Royalty, which, truly, he is, even if he is now more a king than the joker he once

Bruce Lundvall passed away.

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Our recent love for Jose James’ blistering version of Strange Fruit reminded us of just what a great song that is. It’s political but not polemical, bubbles with righteous anger,

We’re excited to see this is on its way?

Despite the buzz, we haven’t ever been huge fans of José James in spite of the hype that says he’s one of the best new singers in jazz.