Joe Chambers: Dance Kobina

Andrés Vial | Caoilainn Power | Elli Miller Maboungou | Emilios Valdes Cortes | Ira Coleman | Joe Chambers | Mark Lewandowski | Marvin Carter | Michael Davison | Richard Germanson

American drummer/composer Joe Chambers’ third Blue Note set investigates the connections between the music of West Africa and that of...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: March/2023

Dominic Miller: 5th House

Cuong Vu | Dominic Miller | Jimmy Johnson | Nicolas Fiszman | Pino Palladino | Rhani Krija | Vinnie Colaiuta | Yaron Herman

Miller's best and rightly known for his contribution to Sting's band. His nylon string style is immediately identifiable, and has...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2012

Zaid Rahbani: Bennesbeh Labokra… Chou?

Ziad Rahbani

A crate-digger's delight, a rare gem re-polished, a tomorrow from yesterday: the re-issue of the superb Bennesbeh Labokra… Chou? (‘What...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2021

Simon Nabatov String Trio: Situations

The strikingly virtuosic Russian pianist Nabatov partners the viola player Gareth Lubbe and ex-FIRE Collective cellist Ben Davis in a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2018

Alison Balsom/Balsom Ensemble: Royal Fireworks

When the highlights of Alison Balsom’s last album, Jubilo, were its handful of works recorded not on a modern instrument...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: February/2020

Colin Steele Quartet: Diving For Pearls – Jazz Interpretations Of The Pearlfishers Songbook

Alyn Cosker | Calum Gourlay | Colin Steele | Dave Milligan

You wait years for one Colin Steele record and then two come along at the same time. With his second...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017

Irene Kepl & Mark Holub: Taschendrache

Irene Kepl | Mark Holub

Since Mark Holub relocated to Vienna in 2012, he's been able to put some distance between himself and the peppy...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2015

Anderskov Accident: Full Circle

An award-winning pianist and composer, Denmark's Jacob Anderskov has released 15 albums as a leader over the past decade or...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: August/2016

Bruce Torff: Down the Line

This fusion-lite, Chicago-born keyboardist's quintet features the sturdily eloquent saxophonist Joel Frahm and the recently departed trumpeter Lew Soloff, probably...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2016

Charlie Mariano with Philip Catherine and Jasper Van't Hof: The Great Concert Stuttgart

Charlie Mariano | Jasper Van't Hof | Philip Catherine

According to Hans-Jurgen Schall's liner notes, this trio was the core of Jasper Van't Hof's Pork Pie, which was wound...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2010