Oltremare Quartet: Uncommon Nonsense

Andrea Di Biase | Antonio Zambrini | Jon Scott | Michael Chillingworth

This Italo-British quartet aims to bridge the divide between the rhythmic and harmonic sensibilities of British jazz giants such as...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2012

Thomas Siffling: Flow

This Mannheim-based trumpeter's quintet plays a very well-thumbed strain of post-Miles chilled ambient groove jazz and still manages to make...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2017

Various artists: The Big Blast:100 Classic Big Bands

Artie Shaw | Bunny Berigan | Charlie Ventura | Chick Webb | Horace Henderson | Luis Russell | Mercer Ellington | Metronome All Stars | Ted Heath | Teddy Wilson

One hundred tracks spread over four CDs, packed into Proper's usual slim carrying case, and at a bargain price. Annotator/compiler...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2012

Andy Scott + Group S: Ruby and All Things Purple

Andy Scott | Barbara Thompson | Chris Caldwell | Dave Graham | Elliot Henshaw | Gwilym Simcock | James Pusey | Jim Fieldhouse | John Helliwell | Jon Hiseman

Formed in 1995, saxophonist Andy Scott's Manchester-based SaxAssault has recently changed its name to Group S to reflect the less...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017

Mark Turner: Return From The Stars

Jason Palmer | Joe Martin | Jonathan Pinson | Mark Turner

This is the California and Berklee-raised saxophonist/composer's first quartet album since 2014's gracefully polyphonic Lathe of Heaven, and it repeats...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2022

Ran Blake/Christine Correa: Streaming

On Streaming the 83-year-old Third Stream innovator, pianist Ran Blake and the New York-based vocalist Christine Correa are on the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Various Artists: Our Sense of Jazz_01

Helge Lien Trio | Karl Seglem | Martti Vesela | Oddgeir Berg Trio | Tom Arthurs

Record samplers may often be imperfect – the way someone else chooses to illustrate a particular genre or label may...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Feb/2019

Shitney: Post Vocal

Katrine Amsler | Maria Faust | Qarin Wikström

What draws this trio together is attitude. There is an effortless musical identity that rubs up against the radical; they...

Reviewed by Debra Richards in issue: September/2021

JÜ and Kjetil Møster: JÜ Meets Møster

Ádám Mészarós | András Halmos | Ernö Hock | Kjetil Møster

It was only a matter of time before Norwegian saxophonist Kjetil Møster found his way onto the RareNoise label. Over...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2015

Nik Börtsch's Ronin: Live

Gerald Watkins | Jasen Weaver | Jason Marsalis | Oscar Rossignoli

While Ronin have made three fine studio albums for ECM – Stoa (2005), Holon (2007) and Liyría (2010) – this...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2020