John Bailey Quartet: Heart Horizons

The 28-year-old Preston-born, Leeds College of Music graduate is a world and folk-inflected classical guitarist and his improvising quartet includes...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014

Alex Hitchcock: Dream Band

Alex Hitchcock | Cherise Adams-Burnett | Chris Cheek | David Adewumi | Deschanel Gordon | Ferg Ireland | Jas Kayser | Jason Brown | Joe Downard | Luisito Quintero

Lockdown provided us all with a stream of solipsistic solo records. But Alex Hitchcock looks outside of himself on Dream...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Wild Card: Cabin 19 Fever

Andrew Noble | Binker Golding | Charlie Porter | Clément Régert | Dennis Rollins | Graeme Flowers | Imaani | Jim Knight | Leo Richardson | Marcus Strickland

Party-hearty Wild Card have been a popular live attraction for a decade. Their sixth release, Cabin 19 Fever, was largely...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2023

Hank Crawford: Three Classic Albums Plus

This set – with some of the subject's best playing – collects three of Crawford's own albums and his feature...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2019

Julia Biel

Idris Rahman | Julia Biel | Rob Updegraff | Saleem Raman | Samy Bishai

The follow-up to 2015’s acclaimed Love Letters and Other Missiles, which garnered nominations for a MOBO and an Urban Music...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest: Olympians

Alex Acuna | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Chris Potter | David Binney | Dianne Reeves | Ramon Stagnaro | Vince Mendoza

I was a guest of vocalist Silje Nergaard when she recorded A Thousand True Stories in 2008 with the Metropole...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2023

Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath: Procession Live At Toulouse

Bruce Grant | Chris McGregor | Dudu Pukwana | Evan Parker | Harry Beckett | Harry Miller | Johny Dyani | Louis Moholo-Moholo | Mark Charig | Mike Osborne

It seems appropriate that this legendary ensemble was recorded at its creative peak in France, as this was, after all,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2013

Yazz Ahmed: La Saboteuse

Corrina Silvester | Dave Manington | Dudley Phillips | Fartun Tahir | Lewis Wright | Martin France | Naadia Sherriff | Samuel Hällkvist | Shabaka Hutchings | Yazz Ahmed

The Bahraini-born trumpeter and flugelhornist Yazz Ahmed has real rock credentials playing with Radiohead, These New Puritans and Joan as...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017

Matt London: Speak Now Music for Tenor Saxophone

A contemporary classical repertoire, an occasionally jazzy one, for tenor saxophone performed by UK-based musician Matt London both solo and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

Various Artists: Colin Curtis Presents Jazz Dance Fusion

The jazz DJ can be the enemy of live music, keeping real musicians out of clubs, so it’s hard to...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2018