I was in a newsagent in Chippenham and 16 years old. Too young for a car, waiting for the bus home. My green walkman had Herbie Hancock's "Headhunters" blasting into my A-Level tired ears. It was early on in my world of jazz appreciation. There was the acid jazz movement that was my way in, a few kids at school were into it too, but I still was nervous to talk about Monk or Miles, Coltrane or Sun Ra. Not quite confident enough in my awkward teen self to proclaim my love of jazz.

A magazine, unlike others shone out at me, printed on gorgeous paper, the front cover proclaimed to have an article about Sun Ra inside. I picked it up and devoured the article about the outerspace jazz planeteer.

I also discovered the acid jazz of United Future Organisation and the Eastern experiments of Talvin Singh. It was a similar entry point to Jazz that both DJ Gilles Peterson and the world of Acid Jazz were. It spoke to me as a young man who liked to dance and party and have friends, but also as someone with a burgeoning interest in a somewhat niche art form - especially in Chippenham. Straight No Chaser was a magazine I could have under my arm and toss it down next to the sixth form common room's copy of the NME and Melody Maker with no fear of recrimination.

It was a beautiful magazine that has regretfully been discontinued. No other magazine ever brought together the world of jazz, dance, world and electronic music/DJ Culture like SNC did. It was also regularly beautifully graphic designed. Collectors items that I still covet to this day. How many magazines do that to you?

Pete Williams was a regular photographer at Straight No Chaser, channelling the genius of past greats like Herman Leonard, William Claxton and Francis Wolff, giving the new vibrant world of jazz a fresh image with a strong link to the past. In keeping with the magazine's philosophy of presenting jazz like the club scene it always belonged to.

There's an exhibition of Pete's work at the Maverik Showroom in London. Check it out and dig out an old copy of Straight no Chaser. It still feels like the future.