Straight No Chaser

For nigh on two decades, Straight No Chaser magazine went around the globe reflecting the musical pre-occupations of a devoted readership, which included musicians, DJs, crate diggers, music junkies, artists and designers and those people who just wanted that bit more.

Conceived as a magazine of “world Jazz Jive” that was attuned to the “Freedom Principle”, Straight No Chaser rejected boundaries, was devoted those musicians who created the foundation of what we have today, and welcomed the spirit of the new. Straight No Chaser was founded by Paul Bradshaw, Kathryn Willgress and Neil Spencer because nobody was interested in publishing stories about the music and artists that fired them up.  The magazine was rooted in clubland and the jazz dance scene but it embraced wider global endeavours.  Basically, it was about the impact of the African diaspora and how that’s shaped a global culture.

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