Our Editor

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Matthew Ruddick

Editor
Author of Funny Valentine, an acclaimed new biography of the jazz trumpet player and singer, Chet Baker.
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Matthew Ruddick

Matthew Ruddick MATTHEW RUDDICK is the author of Funny Valentine, an acclaimed new biography of the jazz trumpet player and singer, Chet Baker. 

Over the last few years, he was a regular music critic for a variety of publications, including HK-listings magazine Beats, and the author of Music On The Move, a music column in Escape travel magazine. 

Born in England, Matthew has been living in Hong Kong for eight years, and works in the finance industry.

Simone Craddock swings the Great British Songbook.
Friday, 29 December 2017 19:12

Ian Shaw – Shine Sister Shine

Ian Shaw returns with a delightful mix of well chosen covers and originals.
Sunday, 10 December 2017 04:07

Mammal Hands – Shadow Work

The Mammals continue to evolve.
Stacey Kent is a Grammy nominated, platinum-selling American jazz singer and recording artist. Kent was born in South Orange, New Jersey and attended Newark Academy in Livingston, New Jersey. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. She travelled to England after graduation to study music at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where she met saxophonist Jim Tomlinson, whom she married in 1991. In 2017, Stacey recorded her twelfth solo album - and second for Sony - I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions. It is her first album with orchestra, comprising 58 musicians, arrangements by Tommy Laurence, covering music from The Great American Songbook, French Chansons, songs from Edu Lobo and Antonio Carlos Jobim from Brazil, and further original songs from Jim Tomlinson with songwriting partners Kazuo Ishiguro and Cliff Goldmacher. 
Saturday, 04 November 2017 08:18

Gregory Porter – Nat King Cole And Me

Gregory Porter continues to drift away from the jazz and funk that made his name.
Saturday, 21 October 2017 17:27

Cecile McLorin Salvant - Dreams And Daggers

Stunning live set, with the added bonus of new studio recordings with a string quartet.
Sunday, 15 October 2017 03:15

Terje Rypdal – Bleak House

Debut album by influential Norwegian guitarist reissued on 180 gram vinyl.
Monday, 02 October 2017 02:27

Lee Morgan - The Roulette Sides

Ultra rare Lee Morgan session with Wayne Shorter from June 1960, reissued on ten inch vinyl.
Friday, 25 August 2017 16:01

All That's Jazz - Sammy Stein

Kind Of Jazz contributor, Sammy Stein, explores the passion that goes into jazz music.
Wednesday, 16 August 2017 01:46

Aaron Parks – Find The Way

Seattle raised pianist returns with his second album for ECM.

Our Contributors

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Rob Mallows

London Jazz Meetup owner and fan of ‘plugged in’ jazz.
 
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Simon Cooney

By day a full time Londoner in tv news. By night jazzaholic
 
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Fernando Rose

I love my jazz and I bless the funk. I play percussion for all and sundry and go by @Mr Cool.
 
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Grae Shennan

Laboratory scientist with a love of evolving music that defies boundaries. 
 
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Hilary Robertson

Jazz-obsessed freelance writer and saxist.
 
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Kim Cypher

Saxophonist, vocalist, composer, band leader and radio show presenter. Follows dreams and loves to celebrate great music and musicians.
 
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Fiona Ross

Fiona is the founder of the award winning organisation Women in Jazz Media. She was the guest editor in chief for the 2020 edition of Jazz Quarterly and writes for many publications across the globe.
 
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Wendy Kirkland

Jazz pianist and singer with wide musical tastes spanning latin through fusion to bebop and swing. Cat fanatic.
 
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Elana Shapiro

From Manchester, currently living in Berlin. Lover of jazz, RnB, and soul inspired music.