Tom Green Septet: Tipping Point

James Davison | Misha Mullov-Abbado | Sam James | Sam Miles | Scott Chapman | Tom Green | Tommy Andrews

Tom Green’s Septet is a very close-knit working band, in a personal as well as artistic sense, and this is...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2020

Janne Mark with Arve Henriksen: Pilgrim

Arve Henriksen | Esben Eyermann | Gustaf Ljunggren | Henrik Gunde Pedersen | Janne Mark | Jesper Uno Kofoed

The Jutland-born vocalist Janne Mark's musical background is in religious song and since 2000 she's been a regular singer at...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2018

Hideto Sasaki-Toshiyuki Sekine Quartet + 1: Stop Over

Hideto Sasaki | Kei Narita | Noriyasu Watanabe | Takashi Kursaki | Toshiyuki Sekine

This is the sixth release in BBE's J Jazz Masterclass Series, curated by Tony Higgins and Mike Peden. The ‘J’...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2020

Somi: Holy Room – Live at Alte Oper with Frankfurt Radio Big Band

Somi

Were it not for lockdown, we may never have got to hear this remarkable live album by vocalist and songwriter...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2020

Pablo Held Trio: Investigations

Jonas Burgwinkel | Pablo Held | Robert Landfermann

The Cologne-based Pablo Held has been wowing critics in his native Germany and beyond for about 10 years now. Even...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2018

Anton Eger: Æ

Anton Eger | Christian Lillinger | Dan Nicholls | Ivo Neame | Juliette Marland | Mathias Heise | Matt Calvert | Niels Broos | Otis Sandsjo | Petter Eldh

When witnessing ‘live’ the high flying international piano trio Phronesis, it’s the Oslo-born drummer Anton Eger who most catches your...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2019

Various Artists: Live from Band on the Wall

Bugge Wesseltoft | Gregory Porter

A cornerstone of Manchester's live music scene, this Band on the Wall fundraiser compilation presents 10 tracks recorded at the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2021

Samuel Blaser Trio: Taktlos Zürich 2017

The versatile experimental Swiss trombonist Blaser shares writing credits with Tim Berne henchman/French jazz-rock axe Marc Ducret and on this...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2018

‘Killer’ Ray Appleton: Naptown Legacy

Bob Sabin | Brian Lynch | Ian Hendrickson-Smith | Little Johnny Rivero | Peter Bernstein | Ray Appleton | Rick Germanson | Todd Herbert

Though the concept of this CD pays tribute to the musicians born in his hometown of Indianapolis – like Wes...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: May/2013

Bobby Scott Trio: The Early Sessions 1954-1955

Al Levitt | Bobby Scott | Jim Corbett | Nabil ‘Knobby’ Totah | Whitey Michell | Will Bradley Jr

Bobby Scott, who died in 1990 at the age of 53, may well be best remembered as the composer of...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2012