Ken Peplowski: Enrapture

Ehud Asherie | Ken Peplowski | Martin Wind | Matt Wilson

Peplowski is the premier mainstream/modern clarinetist de nos jours, a peerless improviser and technician, good at fronting a big band...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2016

Jimmy Dorsey: The Hits Collection 1935-57

Arguably Jimmy Dorsey's fi nest achievements as a player were as a freelance in the 1930s, and in the band...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2018

Raphaël Imbert: N_Y Project

Gerald Cleaver | Joe Martin | Raphaël Imbert

This recording had its genesis in 2003 as an award-winning academic research project focused on spirituality in jazz. It took...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2010

Rich Halley: Terra Incognita

Matthew Shipp | Michael Bisio | Newman Taylor Baker | Rich Halley

Saxophonist Halley is a noteworthy example of an independent musician who produces consistently high quality work away from the spotlight....

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2019

Larry Elgart: Easy Goin' Swing

With his cropped hair and hipster beard, altoist Elgart was ahead of his time in looks, but he was definitely...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2017

Henry Conerway III: With Pride For Dignity

This Detroit-raised drummer is a diehard from his rolling blues-gospel licks right down to his pinstripes, mixing vintage African-American piano...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Per–Oscar Nilsson Group: Now!

Carl Winther | Daniel Fredriksson | Fredrik Kronkvist | Johnny Åman | Marcus Strickland | Per-Oscar Nilsson

The young Swedish guitarist's debut recording mixes balladry and a whisper of Afro-Cuban rhythm into an all-original mix of interlocking...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2012

Merzbow/Pandi Gustafsson: Cuts

Balazs Pandi | Mats Gustafsson | Merzbow

Merzbow – aka Masami Akita – is the Japanese artist generally regarded as a godfather of harsh noise, responsible, since...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2013

Al Caiola: High Strung/Cleopatra and All That Jazz

A top 1950s and 1960s session guitarist, Caiola is surrounded by five guitars on one album and a rather gimmicky...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2017

Jamie Leeming: Resynthesis

Ben Reed | Hugo Piper | Jamie Houghton | Jamie Leeming | Jas Kayser | Joe Downard | Laura Groves | Nathaniel Facey | Quinn Oulton

Young London guitarist Jamie Leeming’s solo debut deals with memory, seeing it as a shifting, synthetic process over time, yet...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2022