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Vol. 1 · No. 1 October 2026 Worldwide Edition Music. Connect. Inspire.

Get into the groove New lessons every week The 2026 albums that mattered Improv · Technique · Transcription · Ear training From masters to emerging artists One groove at a time Get into the groove New lessons every week The 2026 albums that mattered Improv · Technique · Transcription · Ear training From masters to emerging artists One groove at a time

The idea

Not An Audience. A Bandstand.

Most music sites talk at you. GrooveForte is built the other way round — somewhere players and listeners meet, argue about records, trade transcriptions, and work on the things that actually make you better.

Whether you've been playing forty years or you just fell for the music last month, there's a seat here. Bring your ears.

52Weeks a year

8Departments

∞Choruses

Educate, inspire, and build a global community united by rhythm, creativity and passion.

The cover story

Twenty Records That Defined 2026

The jazz albums the critics wrote about most this year — from trumpet-led fusion to spiritual jazz and dancefloor Afrobeat. Here's the top five; all twenty are ready to play.

01 Honora Flea
02 Here Because of Hope Ezra Collective
03 Of The Earth Shabaka
04 Happy Today Jeff Parker & ETA IVtet
05 Kammerkonzert Squarepusher

See all twenty

Inside this issue

The Departments

Eight strands, every week, built to be worked through rather than watched passively.

In-Depth Lessons

Weekly, and built for the practice room.

Jazz News

What's released, who's playing, why it matters.

Artist Spotlights

The players shaping where the music goes next.

Podcasts

Longer conversations with the people making it.

Improv Solo Training

Structured practice for building a vocabulary.

Technique Breakdowns

How a thing is actually played — slowly.

Song Transcriptions

Note for note, so you can study the source.

Ear Training

The skill everything else depends on.

On the calendar

Still To Come This Season

The summer festivals have closed for 2026. These are the dates still ahead — including ten days and a hundred stages in London this November.

See the dates

Next up

EFG London Jazz Festival

13–22 November 2026 · London, UK

Goldie · Mariza · Caravan Palace · Asha Puthli · Anouar Brahem · Dave Okumu & Friends

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