The Chosen One

Tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover first flashed in to the One Jazz musical consciousness last year with her album ” …Plays” and as a member of the all-female Blue Note super-group…

Jasper Høiby’s We Must Fight is a compelling 36‑minute musical ride, repackaging some of his most thrilling Phronesis compositions under the Fellow Creatures banner. Through bold new arrangements crafted by saxophonist…

  It’s not often that we select a re-issue as our album of the week. But this holy-grail pair of super-rare UK jazz classics deserves a moment in the spotlight.…

  The Circling Sun hail from Tāmaki Makaurau (Aukland), New-Zealand, but their music, they go to lengths to extol, is of the cosmos! Orbits is a big-picture, lush follow up…

  This is our album of the week until Friday 18th July 2025.

Joshua Redman’s second Blue Note album, Words Fall Short  is a collection of original compositions that serves as the introduction of his new quartet featuring pianist Paul Cornish, bassist Philip Norris, and…

  Four-time GRAMMY-winning, NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington and GRAMMY-nominated vocalist Christie Dashiell present We Insist 2025!, a bold reimagining of the seminal 1961 album We Insist! Max Roach’s…

Mary Halvorson is one of a (small) handful of guitarists who has defined that instrument’s contemporary voice in the last decade or so. I’d personally add Miles Okazaki, Liberty Ellman…

  If you were to create a list of sacred instruments, Alice Coltrane’s harp would be pretty near the top. That harp, the one she recorded her classic Impulse! recording…

  Another fine signing to Blue Note’s increasingly exciting roster, trumpet player Brandon Woody lands on the label with a joyful, spiritually charged debut boasting a talented young band with…

  James Brandon Lewis is a tenor for the times, and then some. Undoubtedly one of the most important voices in contemporary jazz he’s stunning in both the volume of…

 Now in to their second decade the band Snowpoet occupy a fairly unique position in modern music.  The press release for the album takes several stabs at describing them and…