Julia Hülsmann Trio: Sooner and Later

Heinrich Köbberling | Julia Hülsmann | Marc Muellbauer

Recently Berlin-based pianist Julia Hülsmann applied her skills to the Kurt Weill songbook and associated pieces for a project with...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2017

Sheila Jordan: Portrait of Sheila

Jordan's debut for Blue Note (still available from them) is a classic, and one of her finest albums – this...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2014

Jeremy Rose & The Earshift Orchestra featuring Simon Barker and Chloe Kim: Disruption! The Voice of the Drums

Ben Carey | Chloe Kim | Hilary Geddes | Jaques Emery | Jeremy Rose | Novak Manojlovic | Simon Barker | Thomas Avgenicos

Jeremy Rose made sure he was earmarked as talent to watch with 2015's Wire in the Blood, not only as...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

The Bad Plus: the bad plus

Ben Monder | Chris Speed | Dave King | Reid Anderson

There is a sense of abandon and creative exuberance on this album, essentially the re-birth of The Bad Plus, in...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2022

Joel Ross: The Parable of the Poet

Craig Weinrib | Gabrielle Garo | Immanuel Wilkins | Joel Ross | Kalia Vandever | Maria Grand | Marquis Hill | Rick Rosato | Sean Mason

Blue Note labelmates Ross and Immanuel Wilkins have been two of the most eagerly-embraced African-American jazz newcomers of recent years,...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2022

Geoff Warren: Flute Fables

English world-jazz musician Geoff Warren, a musician who started his career with Graham Collier, goes from freewheeling improv solo to...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2011

Tony Oxley/Alan Davie: Elaboration of Particulars

Alan Davie | Tony Oxley

As his sleevenotes make clear, the late Scottish painter-musician Alan Davie was one of percussion legend Oxley’s most favoured collaborators....

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2021

John Abercrombie Quartet: Within a Song

Drew Gress | Joe Lovano | Joey Baron | John Abercrombie

“[ECM boss] Manfred Eicher and I had been talking for a while about doing an album that might pay homage...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2012

Bud Powell: The Genius of Bud Powell

Art Taylor | Bud Powell | Buddy Rich | Curley Russell | George Duvivier | Max Roach | Osie Johnson | Ray Brown

Living up to Jazz Images' reputation for beautifully produced and illustrated reissues, this set rather oddly combines lovely atmospheric photographs...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2019

Unisono Quartet/Taivaantemppeli: Live In Studio 1973

Baron Paakkunainen | Make Lievonen | Matti Jakola | Nappi Ikonen | Olli Ahvenlahti | Pekka Rechardt | Reino Laine | Upi Sorvali

This is a curiosity in that so few recordings exist of Finnish bands of the era. Although dubbed as ‘fusion’,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2016