Sex Mob: Plays Fellini (The Music of Nino Rota)

Steven Bernstein’s downtown quartet Sexmob have been missed since their last studio recording in 2005, and they make their earthy...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2013

Gerald Cannon: Combinations

Duane Eubanks | Gary Bartz | Gerald Cannon | Jeremy Pelt | Kenny Barron | Rick Germanson | Russell Malone | Sherman Irby | Steve Slagle | Will Calhoun

It's been 14 years since highly respected veteran bassist Cannon brought out an album under his own name. You probably...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2017

Various Artists: I Love You Cole Porter

An assemblage of Porter songs, by artists as varied as Dirk Bogarde and Cecil Taylor, the main idea is to...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Steve Haines and the Third Floor Orchestra

Canadian double-bassist Haines' touching folky orchestrations pay tribute to the songwriters of his homeland including Neil Young (an unexpectedly likeable...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2019

Cuong Vu 4-Tet: Change In The Air

Bill Frisell | Cuong Vu | Luke Bergman | Ted Poor

Cuong Vu has long been associated with ‘eout there’ directions in jazz, as he most recently demonstrated in 2016 with...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2018

Geoff Simkins Trio: In A Quiet Way

Dave Green | Geoff Simkins | Nikki Iles

The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed a review of mine devoted to a London appearance by this Simkins trio...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2017

Murray/Allen/Carrington Power Trio: Perfection

Charnett Moffett | Craig Harris | David Murray | Geri Allen | Terri Lynne Carrington | Wallace Roney

Music industry classification would put Murray, Allen and Carrington in jazz, but aside from the common denominator of improvisatory skill...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2016

Ran Blake: Chabrol Noir

The 80-year-old pianist-composer draws fascinatingly from the cinematic noir of French New wave director Claude Chabrol, mixing lyrically abstract jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2016

Nightports with Tom Herbert

Adam Martin | Mark Slater | Tom Herbert

Adam Martin and Mark Slater AKA Nightports are an experimental studio production team currently recording a series of collaborations with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2022

Daltin Trio: Tango de L'autruche

Under the leadership of accordionist Grégory Daltin, the Daltin trio explores things like tango, French and Neapolitan song in a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016