Andy Scott + Group S: Ruby and All Things Purple

Andy Scott | Barbara Thompson | Chris Caldwell | Dave Graham | Elliot Henshaw | Gwilym Simcock | James Pusey | Jim Fieldhouse | John Helliwell | Jon Hiseman

Formed in 1995, saxophonist Andy Scott's Manchester-based SaxAssault has recently changed its name to Group S to reflect the less...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017

Mark Turner: Return From The Stars

Jason Palmer | Joe Martin | Jonathan Pinson | Mark Turner

This is the California and Berklee-raised saxophonist/composer's first quartet album since 2014's gracefully polyphonic Lathe of Heaven, and it repeats...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2022

Ran Blake/Christine Correa: Streaming

On Streaming the 83-year-old Third Stream innovator, pianist Ran Blake and the New York-based vocalist Christine Correa are on the...

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

Various Artists: Our Sense of Jazz_01

Helge Lien Trio | Karl Seglem | Martti Vesela | Oddgeir Berg Trio | Tom Arthurs

Record samplers may often be imperfect – the way someone else chooses to illustrate a particular genre or label may...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Feb/2019

Shitney: Post Vocal

Katrine Amsler | Maria Faust | Qarin Wikström

What draws this trio together is attitude. There is an effortless musical identity that rubs up against the radical; they...

Reviewed by Debra Richards in issue: September/2021

JÜ and Kjetil Møster: JÜ Meets Møster

Ádám Mészarós | András Halmos | Ernö Hock | Kjetil Møster

It was only a matter of time before Norwegian saxophonist Kjetil Møster found his way onto the RareNoise label. Over...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2015

Nik Börtsch's Ronin: Live

Gerald Watkins | Jasen Weaver | Jason Marsalis | Oscar Rossignoli

While Ronin have made three fine studio albums for ECM – Stoa (2005), Holon (2007) and Liyría (2010) – this...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2020

Jeff Parker & The New Breed: Suite For Max Brown

Jamire Williams | Jay Bellrose | Jeff Parker | Josh Johnson | Katinka Kleijn | Makaya McCraven | Nate Walcott | Paul Bryan | Rob Mazurek | Ruby Parker

I love everything about this album from Chicago multi-instrumentalist and Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker, which is dedicated to his mother,...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: April/2020

Tom Barford: Bloomer

Billy Marrows | Dave Storey | Flo Moore | Rupert Cox | Tom Barford

Talk about fast-tracking; only last year the NYJO saxophonist Tom Barford was collecting his first-class honours as a Royal Academy...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018

Chris Ingham Quartet: Hoagy

Enjoy this feast of timeless classics by Hoagy Carmichael presented with an infectious enthusiasm by the pianist/vocalist Chris Ingham and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014