Merzbow/Pandi Gustafsson: Cuts

Balazs Pandi | Mats Gustafsson | Merzbow

Merzbow – aka Masami Akita – is the Japanese artist generally regarded as a godfather of harsh noise, responsible, since...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2013

Al Caiola: High Strung/Cleopatra and All That Jazz

A top 1950s and 1960s session guitarist, Caiola is surrounded by five guitars on one album and a rather gimmicky...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2017

Jamie Leeming: Resynthesis

Ben Reed | Hugo Piper | Jamie Houghton | Jamie Leeming | Jas Kayser | Joe Downard | Laura Groves | Nathaniel Facey | Quinn Oulton

Young London guitarist Jamie Leeming’s solo debut deals with memory, seeing it as a shifting, synthetic process over time, yet...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2022

Romanovskà–Tichý–Hrubrý & Blažíková: Jsem Navždy Jedním Z Nás/I Am One of Us Forever

Anna Romanovská | Hana Blažíková | Michal Hrubrý | Petr Tichý

Double-bassist Petr Tichý is a chameleonic presence on the Prague jazz and hybrid improv scene. He teaches, plays jazz and...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: April/2022

Phil Robson: The Immeasurable Code

Ernesto Simpson | Gareth Lockrane | Mark Turner | Michael Janisch | Phil Robson

Those who look for substance in the maturing Brit jazz renaissance need look no further than this many textured outing...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2011

Shorty Rogers and His Giants: A Rendezvous With…

For Rogers fans, a live session by the Giants at LA’s Rendezvous, with guests Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan (two...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2018

Josh Kemp: Rare Groove

Chris Higginbotham | Jez Franks | Joe Auckland | Josh Kemp | Ross Stanley | Steve Fishwick

Kemp is a busy presence on the local scene, keen to tour and a jazz club standby. This is his...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2016

Terence Blanchard: Absence

Benjamin von Gutzeit | Charles Aktura | David Balakirshnan | David Ginyard | Fabian Almazan | Gabe Terracciano | Malcom Parson | Oscar Seaton | Terence Blanchard

As the US emerged from lockdown, the American trumpeter Terence Blanchard fine-tuned the music he was composing for Spike Lee’s...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2021

Bill Watrous: Coronary Trombossa!

If trombone gymnastics are your thing, this 1980 set, which Bill himself reckoned includes some of his best playing, is...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2016

Mark Springer: Piano

Mark Springer

Mark Springer was pianist with, and a key musical driver of, early 1980s UK avant-garde post-punk outfit Rip Rig +...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2014