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Here’s an interesting factoid for all you jazz historians and musicologists out there. The first recording of a jazz band is generally accepted as Livery Stable Blues by The Original Dixieland [...]

Jazz and photography have co-evolved over the past century and enjoy a unique symbiosis. Notably, they share the concept of “being in the moment”. In jazz this notion relates to the act of [...]

Your Jazz Horoscope Dear Readers, How lovely of you to join me! I’m Maud Jollybottom, an English stargazer, celebrity soothsayer and social commentator. I produce astrological readings from my [...]

Nikki and Jak Utley set up the Gatefold Record Lounge after moving to Hitchin in 2015.  In addition to selling vinyl records, their goal was to establish the shop as meeting place for those [...]

Fifty years ago I was quite literally sweating with the burden of academic endeavour: I was a student in the UK taking my “O” level exams in chemistry and other subjects. Elsewhere in [...]