Ammar Kalia

Nineteen fifty-nine was a pivotal year in jazz. In August, trumpeter Miles Davis released his landmark album Kind of Blue, which would go...

For producer and DJ Maral, sampling is a deeply personal affair. “I see myself more as a listener than a producer,” she reveals over...

For Ed Cawthorne, AKA producer and multi-instrumentalist Tenderlonious, jazz came through the dancefloor. Finding his first love for...

It has been a head-spinning year for drummer Tom Skinner. He has been crossing the globe touring new albums simultaneously with London...

Cheick Tidiane Seck – Kelena Fôly There are few places to hide on a solo piano record. The often fragile and expressive format has been a...

It is a typically sunny Los Angeles morning, with light cutting through the blinds, when Jimmy Akingbola greets me on a video call from...

From the start of their 28-year friendship, Eliane Henri knew trumpeter Roy Hargrove was a genius. “I was 17 when I went to see his first...

“Another ‘race issues’ piece, is it?” A text pings from my older brother. We had been chatting about work, and I’d just sent him an...

Over the past decade, British experimental electronic duo Autechre have been playing live shows in the dark. Not the darkness of a...

Kai Campos and Dom Maker are used to taking their time. As the band Mount Kimbie, the pair have spent the past 14 years crafting three...