Tom Pierson’s ‘Last Works’ features some of the best and most listenable music with a traditional bias I have heard for a long time.

Sarah Gail Brand has been described as “the most exciting trombone player for years,” and I agree.

‘Ends Meeting’ uncovers a lost one-off collaboration between David Cross and Andrew Booker. Each creative, each inventive, what’s not to like?

Fabian Almazan’s nature-inspired ‘This Land Abounds With Life’ is an album with something for everyone.

Jazz is an inclusive music. So why did an established British journal publish a piece containing a gay slur?

The Waterboys have made something quite different with ‘Where the Action Is,’ an album that defies categorization.

The three musicians in Shifa have played together in various combinations before but never recorded, so this is a first – and it is glorious.

Fleur Stevenson makes very clear nods to the song’s original composers, but ‘Follow Me’ is also imbued with a remarkable originality.

What’s striking about the Tori Freestone Trio’s ‘El Mar de Nubes’ is how strongly themed each track is, yet it’s all played with incredible imagination.

Ed Jones’ ‘For Your Ears Only’ is a revelation of hard bop, controlled and creatively led playing.