Nicolas Meier World Group: Live

Gerald Watkins | Jasen Weaver | Jason Marsalis | Oscar Rossignoli

Like so many artists, live is where its at for Meier. His buoyant stage presence, the range of colours he...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2020

Ellen Edwards: A New York Session

MOR singer-songwriter presents an instantly forgettable package – more EP than album – of her own material with New York...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2020

John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension: Black Light

Etienne Mbappe | Gary Husband | John McLaughlin | Ranjit Barot

In 2006, McLaughlin released Industrial Zen. Some tracks roared and were a welcome antidote to a lot of tepid jazz-rock...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2015

Jason Adasiewicz's Sun Rooms: From the Region

Following recent gigs in London with Peter Brötzmann, the superbly fresh-sounding contemporary Chicagoan vibraphonist Adasiewicz takes just a slightly calmer...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2015

John Turville: Head First

Dave Whitford | James Maddren | John Turville | Julian Argüelles | Robbie Robson

Though John Turville is one of the UK jazz scene's most perceptive heirs to the piano legacy of his former...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2019

Various Artists: Spiritual Jazz 13: NOW! Modern Sounds for the 21st Century

Angela Bat Dawid | Cat Toren | Chip Wickham | David Boykin | Idris Ackamoor | Makaya McKraven | Nat Birchall | Shabaka & the Ancestors | Steve Reid | Vibration Black Finger

Jazzman's excellent Spiritual Jazz series continues its roll, shimmering into 2021 with 24 tracks that respect the past and embrace...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2021

Sonny Criss: The Joy of Sax/Warm and Sonny

Sonny Criss

Dating back to the mid-1970s, these two unashamedly commercial albums are firmly – or silkily to be more precise –...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: February/2012

Barney McAll: Precious Energy

Barney McAll | Ben Vanderwal | Gary Bartz | Jace XL | Julien Wilson | Laneous | Paul Bender | Perrin Moss | Rita Satch | Simon Mavin

After 20 years spent on the stand with artists as diverse as Sia and Gary Bartz, pianist Barney McAll recently...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: March/2022

Plas Johnson: This Must Be The Plas!/Mood for the Blues

Famous for playing cameos on everybody else's discs, Plas is featured on two of his own albums from his heyday...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2014

Alune Wade: Sultan

Adriano Tenorio DD | Alune Wade | Aziz Sahmaoui | Cédric Ducheman | Christian Sands | Daril Esso | Djam | Harold López-Nussa | Hugues Mayot | Lenny White

“I have never stopped reading,” explains France-based Senegalese singer, composer and bass virtuoso Alune Wade of the rich sources and...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2022