Babelfish: Chasing Rainbows

Barry Green | Brigitte Beraha | Chris Laurence | Paul Clarvis

According to the liner notes, this second release from the quartet named for the fictional translating animal in The Hitchhiker's...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2015

Makaya McCraven: Universal Beings

Anna Butterss | Ashley Henry | Brandee Younger | Carlos Niño | Daniel Casimir | Dezron Douglas | Jeff Parker | Josh Johnson | Junius Paul | Makaya McCraven

McCraven’s second album proper of ‘organic beats music’ almost incidentally internationalises the new London scene, bringing its figureheads into a...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

The Lie Detectors: Part III: Secret Unit

This duo of New York-based guitarist/Zorn collaborator Eyal Maoz and London-based drummer Asaf Sirkis lay down stimulating doses of free-jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2019

Jimi Tenor: Saxentric

This ultra-hip Finnish multi-instrumentalist is always worth a listen and this album, with its distinctively quirky mix of Afrobeat, lounge...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017

Tied & Tickled Trio feat Billy Hart: La Place Demon

Billy Hart | Markus Archer | Micha Acher

By no means as well known as they should be, Tied & Tickled Trio has a proven skill in combining...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2012

Paul Bley Trio: Blood

Barry Altschul | Mark Levinson | Paul Bley

The death in January of Canadian pianist Paul Bley, at the age of 83, marked the passing of yet one...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2016

Les McCann: Live in Hollywood, New York and San Francisco

What a driving, swinging, inventive pianist McCann was, and how he connected with an audience! It's all on show here...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2016

Swedish Mobilia/Luca Aquino: Did You Hear Something?

An Italian guitar (Andreas Bolzoni) trio featuring Miles-influenced trumpeter Aquino as guest, in a more abstract, contemporary post-rock twist on...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

Omar Sosa & NDR Big Band: es:sensual

Ernesto Simpson | Ingmar Heller | Marcio Doctor | Omar Sosa

There is an argument to say that Sosa, talented as he is, has over-recorded in the past decade or so....

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2018

George Duke: DreamWeaver

Allen Kaplan | BeBe Winans | Chill | Christian McBride | Daniel Higgins | Erik Zobler | Everette Harp | Gary Grant | George Duke | Gorden Campbell

By his own admission, this is Duke’s “most honest” album in years, born as it is from the tragic loss...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2013