A truly unique Winter Wonderland! 

Simone Craddock makes her debut at Crazy Coqs with a tribute to Jazz On Film.

It's been a year of growth at Kind Of Jazz, as we added new writers, and as a result, we were able to publish far more CD and gig reviews than in 2014. There were so many good jazz albums released this year, and such a variety, that we struggled to narrow down our choices into a Top Ten. In the end, we think we produced a balanced list - five European artists and five North American artists. Likewise, we managed to find room for a few younger artists on our list. So here it is - our Top Ten, and five more that were highly recommended, but didn't quite make the cut. We hope you enjoy our recommendations, and look forward to hearing your feedback.

Genre-blind Stretch Music is the trumpet player's most cohesive and complete collection to date; a musical stew, bursting with flavours.

Need a Christmas stocking filler? Kitty La Roar's Christmas E.P. could be just what you're looking for.

Polish guitarist takes us on a scenic journey across Europe.

The latest Jazz On Film box-set makes an ideal gift for the jazz-lover in your life.

Matthew Halsall is a Manchester-based bandleader and trumpeter and is one of the UK’s brightest talents. A gifted trumpeter with a beautiful, expressive tone, his music draws on his love of the transcendental, spiritual and modal jazz of Alice and John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, as well as the glories of ’60s British jazz. His albums Sending My Love, Colour Yes, On The Go and Fletcher Moss Park have won him a legion of fans across the world and acclaim from the likes of Gilles Peterson, Jamie Cullum, Mr Scruff, Bonobo, Radio 3′s Late Junction, MOJO, BBC Music Magazine and BBC 6 Music. His latest album, Into Forever, was credited to Matthew Halsall and the Gondwana Orchestra, and was released in the autumn of 2015.

Slipping and sliding...away, quite far away.  

Italian drummer is joined by guitarists Alessandro Chiappetta and Rob Luft on his fine debut, ZiroBop.