Alexander Flood: The Space Between

Alexander Flood | aTunde Adjuah | Ben Kepron | Brion ‘Boogie BeeJay’ Scott | Christian Scott | Dylan Paul | Jack Strempel | Josh Chenoweth | Nelson Dialect | Nick Kepron

Alexander Flood is a much-lauded young Australian drummer and producer, whose debut album was released under the patronage of no...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: March/2022

Scott DuBois: Autumn Wind

The second in a season-themed series following the guitarist’s Winter Light is evocative tone poetry for strings and quartet that...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Album Interview: Joshua Redman/Ron Miles/Scott Colley/Brian Blade: Still Dreaming

Brian Blade | Joshua Redman | Ron Miles | Scott Colley

To my great chagrin I missed the band's much-lauded performance at Gateshead last year, but this is one of Joshua...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2018

Scott Hamilton/Karin Krog: The Best Things In Life

Hans Backenroth | Jan Lundgren | Karin Krog | Kristian Leth | Scott Hamilton

Hamilton continues to find new collaborators as he roams around Europe from his base in Italy. This time he’s in...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2016

Christian McBride Trio: Live At The Village Vanguard

Anthony Tidd | Jonathan Finlayson | Miles Okazaki | Sean Rickman | Steve Coleman

Although bassist Christian McBride has distinguished himself in a range of settings that include anything from horns to electronics, there...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2018

Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces Of A Man

Bernard ‘Pretty’ Purdie | Brian Jackson | Gil Scott-Heron | Hubert Laws | Ron Carter

GSH aficionados will be more than familiar with this, one of the masterworks of his Flying Dutchman period. If Small...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Genre in issue: August/2014

Philip Bailey: Love Will Find a Way

Earth, Wind & Fire's original vocalist pays warm tribute to soul music heroes Curtis and Marvin with the gloss of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2019

Andre Canniere: Coalescence

Andre Canniere | Hannes Riepler | Ivo Neame | Jon Scott | Ryan Trebilcock

This is the follow up to the trumpeter-composer's standout 2012 debut also on bassist Michael Janisch's prolific Whirlwind label, with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014

Eric Schaefer + The Shredz: Bliss

Alexa Tarantino | Christian McBride | E.J. Strickland | Lauren Sevian | Robert Rodriguez

The German drummer Eric Schaefer has come up with the goods here on his quartet The Shredz’ first recording for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018

The Johnny Scott Orchestra: London Swings

Al Newman | Alan Branscombe | Arthur Watts | Barry Morgan | Bob Efford | Don Lusher | Duncan Lamont | Eddie Blair | Greg Bown | Ian Hamer

Lumped a little clumsily together into a single CD here are two vinyl albums which evoked considerable national pride in...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: October/2011