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CS
Jazz album reviews / 3 August 2026
3 August 2026

CHRIS SEARLE waxes lyrical over Alan Skidmore’s tenor-tonic, Jeremy Pelt, and the Yusef Lateef Quartet

hawkins
Jazz Album Review / 28 July 2026
28 July 2026

CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album

hull
Interview / 22 July 2026
22 July 2026

Chris Searle speaks to British pianist ZOE RAHMAN

kraabel
Interview / 8 July 2026
8 July 2026

CHRIS SEARLE speaks to US saxophonist CAROLINE KRAABEL

newport
Book Review / 3 July 2026
3 July 2026

CHRIS SEARLE welcomes a startling vision of contemporary Newport from a veteran photographer of the British working class

CS albums
Music / 29 June 2026
29 June 2026

Three great releases of lost concerts by Duke Ellington Orchestra, John Taylor & Stan Sulzman, and Joe Henderson

sorey
Music Review / 26 June 2026
26 June 2026

CHRIS SEARLE revels in the one-off collaboration between an American polymath and a British Muslim, and detects the presence of their revolutionary forebear

Kalesh
Interview / 24 June 2026
24 June 2026

CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Palestinian multi-instrumentalist DIRAR KALASH

Searle
Interview / 10 June 2026
10 June 2026

Chris Searle speaks to former bandmate CHRIS BISCOE about the committed socialist jazzman, Mike Westbrook

Mujician
Books / 3 June 2026
3 June 2026

CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician

rogers
Interview / 27 May 2026
27 May 2026

Chris Searle speaks to bassist PAUL ROGERS

jalal
Interview / 13 May 2026
13 May 2026

Chris Searle speaks to Syrian/French flautist NAISSAM JALAL