Jazzwise

Archived since April 1997
321 issues
Complete Archive Monthly
Over the last ten years Jazzwise has become the biggest-selling jazz magazine in Britain. In fact it now outsells all the other UK jazz magazines put together. With agenda-setting news and comment, a comprehensive gig guide, in-depth features, exclusive interviews and over 100 CDs, books and DVDs reviewed in each issue it’s become widely acknowledged as the monthly music bible for serious music fans.

Regular features include the latest news in the jazz world; CD, book and DVD reviews; a guide to the best gigs and concerts around the country and your letters to the editor.

Latest issue
Jazzwise October 2026 Issue Digital Update
The October issue of Jazzwise Magazine is on sale now with an exclusive cover feature on Mercury Music Prize and BRIT Award-winning five-piece Ezra Collective, as they celebrate a triumphant summer headlining Love Supreme Jazz Festival with release their latest album, Here Because of Hope. It's a powerful and uplifting set of music that sees the band explore the concept of finding joy over adversity and how music can have a transformative effect through friendship and community.

Also in the issue is a behind-the-scenes chat with the manager of the 606 Club in Chelsea, one of the capital's most iconic and beloved jazz venues, which has nurtured generations of musicians from across the British jazz scene for the last five decades.

There's also an in-depth interview with Grammy Award-winning singer Cécile McLorin Salvant as she talks about her new orchestral album with the Metropole Orkest, ahead of a performance in London as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival in November. And masterful pianist Kenny Barron opens up about his decades-long career that’s seen him play with jazz royalty such as Stan Getz and Dizzy Gillespie.

Also in the issue is a revealing Turning Point interview with guitar star Gilad Hekselman, plus an album interview with Scottish rising stars corto.alto, as they return with their highly anticipated second album.

Gifted singer and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson selects the five albums she can't live without in Takes Five, while top US tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake talks about his life in music in The Player.

All this plus the UK's biggest jazz review section covering all the essential new and archive releases, plus jazz news, Gig Guide, live reviews and much more.
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  • First Issue: April 1997
  • Latest Issue: October 2026
  • Issue Count: 321
  • Published: Monthly
  • ISSN: 2052-9775