Rajeev Taranath: Swar-Kalyan

Abhiman Kausal | Rajeev Taranath

Rajeev Taranath is a senior disciple of the school or style of playing to which the sarodist Ali Akbar Khan...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: July/2012

Dhafer Youssef: Sounds of Mirrors

Dhafer Youssef | Eivind Aarset | Husnu Senlendirici | Zakir Hussain

Tunisian oud player and singer Dhafer Youssef is a gift to jazz, a musician and composer whose intense ambition and...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Feb/2019

Coleman Hawkins: Alive! At The Village Gate

Originally two Verve albums by Hawk's 1960s quartet with Tommy Flanagan, this couples them, includes guest spots by Eldridge and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2014

Simon Oslender: About Time

Bill Evans | Bruno Müller | Christopher Dell | Claus Fischer | Cosmo Klein | Hanno Busch | Hendrick Smock | Klaus Genuit | Peter Fessler | Randy Brecker

This is the debut disc as leader from Simon Oslender. At just 21 years of age, the rising German jazz...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2020

Lars Danielsson: Libretto III

Arve Henriksen | Björn Bohlin | Grégory Privat | Hussam Aliwat | John Parricelli | Lars Danielsson | Magnus Öström

One of the unfolding joys of the ACT label in recent times is the unfailingly poised and eloquent chamber jazz...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2017

Ben Williams: Coming Of Age

Andy Hague | Ben Waghorn | Chris Jones | Jim Blomfield | Mark Whitlam

Even before he landed a high profile gig with Pat Metheny, Ben Williams attracted attention through impressive work with the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2019

Nick Sanders Trio: Nameless Neighbours

Fred Hersch produced this very impressive piano trio debut CD by a young New Orleans-raised, classical-trained pianist who writes strong,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013

Amok Amor: We Know Not What We Do

Christian Lillinger | Peter Evans | Petter Eldh | Wanja Slavin

The line-up is an exciting one: the ferociously virtuosic NY-based trumpeter Peter Evans, perhaps best known for his role in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017

Sallie Blair: Sexy, Intimate and Swinging

Baltimore-born Blair was quite a star in the 1950s and 60s, and here she sings with some fine accompaniments from...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2016

Compassionate Dictatorship: Entertaining Tyrants

James Maddren | Jasper Høiby | Jez Franks | Tori Freestone

Buoyed by their signing to an indie label and backed by Jazz Services for a major tour, the irrepressible Dictators...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2013