Chuck Mangione, Grammy-winning jazz musician and composer, dies aged 84
Celebrated flugelhorn and trumpet player released over 30 albums and sold millions of records throughout his career
Kokoroko: Tuff Times Never Last review – ruminative jazz outfit get stuck in a relaxed rut
The London collective have an easygoing, ruminative sound – briefly lifted here by moments of lively counterpoint – that can feel all too placid
‘My hospital notes said: estimated female’: jazz musician Gill Hicks on being caught in the 7/7 bombings
After being pulled from the wreckage, she spent months learning how to speak again. Now, 20 years on, Hicks is performing her beloved jazz standards on stage – and remembering those who saved her life
Louis Moholo-Moholo obituary
Jazz drummer with the Blues Notes who brought enthralling new sounds from South Africa to the wider world in the 1960s
Lalo Schifrin obituary
Composer of the Mission: Impossible theme tune as well as music for a host of Hollywood films including Bullitt and Dirty Harry
Joshua Redman: Words Fall Short review – improviser’s playful delight in music-making never ceases
The US saxophonist pulls back the vocals of his last record to present a new ensemble and all-original repertoire, resulting in an ideal balance of ingenuity and rapport
The best albums of 2025 so far
Bon Iver straddles stark indie-folk and poppy R&B while PinkPantheress makes an unarguable case for going out out as we revisit six months of the music you mustn’t miss
From Van Gogh to Superman: Keep cool with our guide to the summer’s best arts and entertainment
From a very hungry crocodile to some equally famished zombies, a superstar Compton rapper to a Smallville superhero: our critics choose the eye-opening arts events that will dazzle you over the next few months
Mary Halvorson: About Ghosts review – restless beauty from jazz’s shape-shifting guitarist
The Brooklyn boundary-pusher’s expanded ensemble returns with a kaleidoscopic blend of angular rhythms, intricate melodies and thrilling improvisations
‘I wanted to make people dance, or cry, or puke’: Marc Ribot, the wildcard sideman for Tom Waits, Robert Plant and more
He started as a jazz guitarist making Barbie albums on the side, and has ended up on over 500 releases. From bebop with Elton John to Americana with Alison Krauss, Ribot recalls the richest of careers
Ronald Atkins obituary
Guardian jazz critic for over 30 years who also contributed widely to respected music books
The Marching Band review – tender French concert bromance gets out the trombones
Two strong leads in Pierre Lottin and Benjamin Lavernhe make this heart-on-sleeve but unsentimental class drama a triumph in a minor key
Barbara Underwood obituary
Other lives: Jazz vocalist and singing teacher who got the academic bug later in life
Sun-Mi Hong: Fourth Page: Meaning of a Nest review – storytelling and adventure from feted Korean jazz composer
Ideas of migration and self-discovery inspire the latest album from Hong and her imaginative band, entwined with harmonies and delicate effects
‘Jazz isn’t about perfection’: drummer Billy Cobham on Miles Davis, Massive Attack and still learning at 80
After a grounding with genre greats, he fused jazz with rock to outrageously funky effect. Ahead of UK dates, he explains why two prosthetic hips aren’t slowing him down