Ole Matthiessen: Past and Present

This Danish pianist/composer time travels through blues-rooted post-bop with a sextet featuring the cream of straight ahead Danish musicians....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012

Farzin Farhadi Trio and String Quartet: The Cure

American-Iranian saxophonist-composer Farhadi tugs at the heart strings with his string-laden contemporary jazz originals that chime with the achingly...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Album Interview: Stacey Kent: Dreamer In Concert

Graham Harvey | Jeremy Brown | Jim Tomlinson | Matt Skelton | Stacey Kent

One of Stacey Kent's best albums, certainly as good as Breakfast On The Morning Tram and up there with Close...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Ferg Ireland Trio

Ferg Ireland | James Maddren | Nathaniel Facey

Ferg Ireland's big tone, sure rhythmic sense, adventurous musicality and lightning fast chops have earned him a place as first-call...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: September/2021

Stan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio

Dizzy Gillespie | Herb Ellis | Max Roach | Oscar Peterson | Ray Brown | Stan Getz

As is the way with this label, it's this release's two extra tracks which feature Gillespie and Roach, otherwise it's...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2019

Laila Biali

Ambrose Akinmusire | Ben Witman | George Koller | Laila Biali | Larnell Lewis | Mike ‘Maz’ Maher | Sam Yahel

The Vancouver-born vocalist, pianist and songwriter Laila Biali serves up an impressive ACT debut with a combination of mellifluous vocals,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2018

Tony Allen: The Source

Damon Albarn | Daniel Zimmerman | Indy Dibongue | Jean Jacques Elangue | Jean Phi Dary | Mathias Allamane | Nicolas Giraud | Remi Sciuto | Tony Allen | Vincent Taurelle

The all-original compositions of The Source flesh out ideas first mooted on Allen's EP A Tribute to Art Blakey and...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2017

Colosseum: Live

Gerald Watkins | Jasen Weaver | Jason Marsalis | Oscar Rossignoli

For those about to salivate over 150 minutes of jazz rock, we salute you. You may have lost count of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2020

The Cookers: Look Out!

Billy Harper | Billy Hart | Cecil McBee | David Weiss | Donald Harrison | Eddie Henderson | George Cables

The news recently broke that drummer Billy Hart and alto saxist Donald Harrison - staple members of now 14 year-old...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2021

Atom String Quartet: Seifert

As with another better known Polish legend, Komeda, the innovative Polish violinist Zbigniew Seifert's had a short life, and here...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2017