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Music Review / 15 July 2026
15 July 2026

CHRIS SEARLE urges you to listen to two new albums by the US Indian pianist VIJAY IYER

Mike Westbrook with Phil Minton and orchestra at Toynbee Studios in London on 2008 / Pic: Andy Newcombe/CC
Music / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026

CHRIS SEARLE on Mike Westbrook who died aged 90

Arin Keshishi Quintet on stage / Pic: Artstage
Culture / 24 November 2025
24 November 2025

As part of the 2025 London Jazz Festival Rich Mix offered intriguing sessions titled 'Persian Jazz,' CHRIS SEARLE was there

Karen Street / Pic: Robert Crowley
Culture / 3 September 2025
3 September 2025

Chris Searle speaks to accordionist KAREN STREET

A page from The Way Things Work, by Neil Ardley and David Ma
Book Review / 8 April 2023
8 April 2023
CHRIS SEARLE marvels at the musical and scientific passions of one of Britain’s great polymaths
Tomas Fujiwara
Interview / 26 July 2022
26 July 2022
Chris Searle speaks with drummer TOMAS FUJIWARA
Frank Parr, trombonist and wicket keeper, leads the Ravers f
Culture / 28 February 2021
28 February 2021
Matthew Wright's compendium vividly evokes the links between the music and the sport
Mary Halvorson
Jazz Interview / 11 November 2020
11 November 2020
MARY HALVORSON talks to Chris Searle about what inspires her music and has a tender word for Robert Wyatt
Profoundly contemporary: Terri Lyne Carrington
Interview / 4 November 2019
4 November 2019
Jazz musician TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON explains to Chris Searle why themes of social justice in the Trump era inform her latest album
Jazz Review / 4 June 2018
4 June 2018
Review / 13 February 2018
13 February 2018
CHRIS SEARLE on jazz
John Tchicai performs at the Munster Jazz Festival in 1987
Chris Searle on jazz / 5 February 2018
5 February 2018