Jazz

Trouble in La La Land

Warning: this article contains spoilers

So Damien Chazelle’s La La Land has finally landed in UK cinemas. It comes at you loaded with an arsenal of charm, a bucketful of awards and practically dares you not to fall in love with it. It features fairly considerable…

Whiplash: what even is Jazz music anymore?

The search for individual greatness in Whiplash mirrors modern Jazz’s desire for virtuoso perfection in an age when it’s lost its bite.