Shai Maestro: The Dream Thief

Jorge Roeder | Ofri Nehemya | Shai Maestro

Shai Maestro is the most acclaimed of all the pianists to have warmed the piano stool for the Israeli star...

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

Wayne Shorter Quartet: Without a Net

Brian Blade | Danilo Pérez | John Patitucci | Wayne Shorter

It was 44 years ago that Wayne Shorter made his debut on the Blue Note label, as a precocious 26-year-old...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2013

Carsten Dahl Experience: Humilitas

Carsten Dahl | Jesper Zeuthen | Nils Davidson | Stefan Pasborg

Carsten Dahl is one of Denmark's leading jazz musicians, and he has a chest full of awards that Danish Grammies,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2010

Alabaster de Plume: Gold

Alabaster de Plume | Conrad Singh | Danalogue | Dilip Harris | Donna Thompson | Elly Condron | Falle Nioke | Hannah Miller | James Howard | Kenichi Iwasa

Manchester’s Alabaster de Plume is one of the most underrated artists working in Britain, a jazz-folk boundary-pusher with a quiet,...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2022

Claudio Fasoli Four: London Tube

The veteran Milan-based saxophonist Claudio Fasoli titles his compositions after London tubes from Knightsbridge to Leytonstone and meanders a little...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2018

Stan Getz: Four Classic Albums - Third Set

Al Cohn | Allen Eager | Art Blakey | Bill Crow | Billy Higgins | Brew Moore | Cal Tjader | Charlie Perry | Charlie Persip | Dizzy Gillespie

A bit of a patchwork, pulling together a couple of early Norgran dates, a latin episode with Cal Tjader and...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2017

Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Alone in San Francisco

Henry Grimes | Roy Haynes | Thelonious Monk

The main album, whose cover-photo of Monk on a local streetcar is reproduced on this public-domain reissue, was done in...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2012

Durham University Big Band: Overdubb

Kicking off with the theme from the film Whiplash, the impressive Durham University Big Band beat out a youthfully energetic...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Jonne Taavitsainen Threedom: Leap of Faith

Doug Weiss | Eric Alexander | Johnathan Blake

A pretty persuasive set by this low-key, drummer-led pastoral jazz trio from Finland, highlighted by guitarist Joel Parvamo's tenderly imaginative...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2019

James Francies: Flight

Burniss Traviss | James Francies | Jeremy Dutton | Joel Ross | Mike Mitchell | Mike Moreno

Heard to good effect on Stefon Harris' latest album, Sonic Creed, young pianist Francies makes a solid debut here. It...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2018