Mette Juul: Change

This Danish singer's angle on standards and originals is a dryly reflective one without any frills, and the cool understatement...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2019

Tom Green Septet: Skyline

As readers will know by now, Green is something of a latter-day phenomenon, his recent adoption as a Jerwood/Serious Take...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2015

Christian Wallumrød Ensemble: Kurzsam and Fulger

Christian Wallumrød | Eivind Lenning | Espen Reinertsen | Per Oddvar Johansen | Tove Törngren

Christian Wallumrød is a real talent on the Norwegian jazz scene, as nine albums on the ECM label attest. Indeed,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2017

Ron Caines/Martin Archer AXIS: Port Of Saints

Ben Higham | Byron Wallen | Chris Sharkey | Corey Mwamba | Graham Clark | Gus Garside | Hervé Perez | Johnny Hunter | Martin Archer | Ron Caines

This latest by the collaborative project of Brighton-based saxophonist Caines, and Sheffield multi-instrumentalist and Discus label boss Archer, extends the...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2022

Zhenya Strigalev: Never Group

Alex Bonney | Bruno Liberda | Eric Harland | John Escreet | Matt Penman | Tim Lefebvre | Zhenya Strigalev

“Ladies and gentlemen” begins the announcer, a parodic BBC-style throwback to a politer, simpler age. Not that he promises simplicity...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2016

El Nino Machuca: Searching Your Youth

Pacho Machuca is a Seville-born guitarist with a good touch to go with his taste for joining up the languages...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2013

Orquesta Failde: Failde Con Tumbao

Adrián Peña | Alejandro Falcón | Andy Cantera | Ethiel Failde | Federico Britos | Julito Padrón | Katerina Pérez | Lucio Carriera | Manuel Alejandro Acosta | Mario Rodríguez,

Orquesta Failde is a Havana-based group blessed with God-given talent and state-nurtured skill and fired by a passion for danzón...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/2020

Willie Jones III Sextet: Plays the Max Roach Songbook Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

Dezron Douglas | Eric Reed | Jeremy Pelt | Stacy Dillard | Steve Davis | Willie Jones III

One of the hardest-swinging drummers on the New York scene, Jones is probably best known for his lengthy stint with...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2014

Lem Winchester: New Faces At Newport/A Tribute To Clifford Brown

Lem Winchester

Don't know about nowadays, but the vibraphone was once regarded as the most difficult instrument to record; the sound of...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2013

Joey Alexander: Countdown

Chris Potter | Dan Chmielinski | Joey Alexander | Larry Grenadier | Ulysses Owens Jr Owens Jr

The jazz piano wünderkind Joey Alexander is a protégé of Wynton Marsalis and has been feted by Herbie Hancock. On...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: September/2016