Mette Juul: New York - Copenhagen

This warm-toned Danish vocalist is accompanied by just guitar or double bass (Lars Danielsson) on standards and two vocalised instrumentals:...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2020

James Farm: City Folk

Aaron Parks | Eric Harland | Joshua Redman | Matt Penman

Formed originally out of the SFJAZZ Collective following a performance at the Montreal Jazz Festival, James Farm boasts a pedigree...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Avram Fefer Quartet: Testament

Eric Revis, Chad Taylor and guitarist Marc Ribot stir African tropes, gritty rock and cosmic jazz elements through saxophonist Fefer’s...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2020

Colin Stetson: All This I Do For Glory

Colin Stetson

Microphone placement and mixing are Stetson's art, as much as his formidable solo sax playing. His close miking, then massive...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2017

Oddarrang: Agartha

Ilmari Pohjola | Lasse Lindgren | Lasse Sakara | Olavi Louhivuori | Osmo Ikonen

The quartet Oddarang's 2007 debut album won the Finnish equivalent of a Grammy for best jazz album, and were first...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016

Nicky Schrire: Space and Time

Fabian Almazan | Gerald Clayton | Gil Goldstein | Nicky Schrire

By stripping away the rhythm section and horns of her debut, Freedom Flight, this second album from the New York-based...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Peter Brötzmann & Han Bennink: Schwarzwaldfahrt

Han Bennink | Peter Brötzmann

Following the dissolution of their trio with pianist Fred Van Hove, reeds-man Peter Brötzmann and percussionist Han Bennink continued working...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2023

Eliane Elias: Love Stories

Celso Almeida | Eliane Elias | Marc Johnson | Marcus Texiera

On Love Stories the sirenic power of Eliane Elias's voice, the unexpected twists and turns of her piano reharmonisations, coupled...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Comanda Barabba: Jazz Resistant

An Italian five piece, formed in the late 1990s, perform a mix of originals strongly inspired by Ornette Coleman and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014

Paolo Fresu & Daniele di Bonaventura: In Maggiore

Daniele di Bonaventura | Paolo Fresu

It's all about the grain of the sound on this disc from trumpeter Paolo Fresu and bandoneonist Daniele di Bonaventura....

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2015