Evan Parker/Barry Guy/Paul Lytton: Concert In Vilnius

Barry Guy | Evan Parker | Paul Lytton

Recorded live at the 2017 Vilnius Jazz Festival in Lithuania, this sonic postcard from the reliably inventive trio of Evan...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: March/2020

Adrian Cunningham: Jazz Speak

This New York-based Aussie reedsman mixes originals with jazz standards and rock faves in a largely derivative quartet setting that...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2017

Alice Coltrane: Eternity

A Friend | Alice Coltrane | Armando Pereza | Ben Riley | Charlie Haden

When Alice Coltrane recorded Eternity, she was at a point in her musical life halfway between the expansive free jazz...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2014

Peace Flag Ensemble: Noteland

John Naher

A drumless quintet is unusual, as are free-flowing group improvisations marked by tight construction. Peace Flag Ensemble, a new outfit...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: July/2021

David Boswell: Windows

The soft-fusion Metheny-influenced LA session guitarist-composer drives a set that's feelgood but lightweight, and includes Yellowjackets' Jimmy Hanslip....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018

George Russell: Four Classic Albums

This is a key collection of four of Russell’s finest albums: Jazz in the Space Age, George Russell Sextet in...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Lucky Peterson: Tribute to Jimmy Smith

A comfortable set by the blues-rooted B3 organist Lucky Peterson band (featuring guest appearance from Archie Shepp) focusing on tunes...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2017

Wayne Horvitz/Geoff Harper/Eric Eagle: The Snowghost Sessions

Eric Eagle | Geof Harper | Wayne Horvitz

Horvitz pitched in three very differing contexts. ‘Those Who Remain’ is a concerto for orchestra and improvising soloist (Frisell, who...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2019

Sanah Kadoura: Duality

Flavio Silva | Joanna Majoko | Jonathan Michel | Michael King | Parham Haghighi | Rachel Therrien | Sanah Kadoura | Stacy Dillard | Virginia MacDonald

Duality, from New York-based, Lebanese-Canadian drummer Sanah Kadoura continues on a mission she began with 2018 debut Hawk Eyes: to...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: April/2023

Julian Shore: Filaments

Alexa Barchini | Andrew Hadro | Billy Buss | Godwin Louis | Jeff Miles | Julian Shore | Kurt Ozan | Kurt Rosenwinkel | Noah Preminger | Phil Donkin

A record that exudes a life force a hothoused young virtuoso would struggle to find in music school, Filaments has...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: February/2013