Dexter Gordon: North Sea Legendary Concerts

Brian Blade | Christian McBride | Danilo Pérez | Gary Willis | Herbie Hancock | Mitchel Forman | Tom Brechtlein | Wayne Shorter

Things for every serious jazz fan to do before they die, number one: catch the North Sea Jazz Festival. This...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: April/2014

Michael Wollny Trio Live: Wartburg

Christian Weber | Emile Parisien | Eric Schaefer | Michael Wollny

The Leipzig-based pianist Michael Wollny has been the main attraction of the ACT label's stable of emerging German jazz musicians...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2018

Christian Lillinger: Open Form for Society Live

Mostly recorded Live at JazzFest Berlin in 2019, the German drummer Lillinger's international 10-piece (including British cellist Lucy Railton and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020

Aki Takase: Auge

Aki Takase | Christian Weber | Michael Griener

Now 73 years old, the Berlin-based Japanese pianist Aki Takase, has lost none of her restlessly creative zeal and unique...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2021

Nat Birchall: Invocations

Adam Fairhall | Christian Weaver | John Ellis | Johnny Hunter | Nat Birchall | Tim Fairhall

A tweak of the personnel in Nat Birchall's latest ensemble brings a subtle but resonant shift in his fertile seam...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Michael Wollny Trio: In Concert: Klangspuren

Christian Weber | Eric Schaefer | Michael Wollny

Wollny's growth as an artist on record has been fascinating to follow and while not all his projects have yielded...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2016

Kjellvander tonbruket: Fossils

Andreas Werliin | Christian Kjellvander | Dan Berglund | Johan Lindström | Martin Hederos

Fossils, the compelling second album from agglomerated unit Kjellvandertonbruket (Swedish singer/songwriter Christian Kjellvander plus the quartet Tonbruket, led by former...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2023

Christian Meaas Svendsen with Nakama and Rinzai Zen Center Oslo: New Rituals Nakama

Alongside a booklet eloquently detailing his interactions with Zen Buddhism, Norwegian bassist Svendsen re-contextualises sutra-based chants for choir/acoustic instruments across...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2019

Angélique Kidjo: Spirit Rising

Angélique Kidjo | Christian McBride | Daniel Freedman | Dominic James | Magatte Sow | Marvin Sewell | Thierry Vaton

Featuring a selection of Kidjo originals and covers including the Curtis Mayfield classic ‘Move On Up’, Spirit Rising is the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2012

Samara Joy: A Joyful Holiday

David Wang | Kenny Washington | Pasquale Grosso | Samara Joy | Sullivan Fortner | the McLendon Family

Surely one of the most gifted – and, as time may yet reveal – important jazz vocalists of our century,...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: December/January/2023/2024