Roswell Rudd/Jamie Saft/Trevor Dunn/Balazs Pandi: Strength & Power

Balazs Pandi | Jamie Saft | Roswell Rudd | Trevor Dunn

Some of the best moments on Strength & Power sound like a group of musicians falling down the stairs. These...

Reviewed by Marcus O’Dair in issue: April/2016

Lou Donaldson: Four Classic Albums

The logical bridge between Bird and Cannonball, Lou Donaldson proved just as enticing to a large appreciative audience. In fact,...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2020

Stanley Cowell: Reminiscent plus A Xmas Suite

Billy Drummond | Jay Anderson | Stanley Cowell

The often neglected Cowell, who turns 70 in May, has long had a reputation as a pianist and thinker. His...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2016

Manu Katché: Unstatic

Abraham Rodriguez Mansfarroll | Ellen Andrea Wang | Inor Esteban | Jim Watson | Joel Hierrezuelo Balart | Luca Aquino | Manu Katché | Nils Landgren | Sotolongo Zapata | Tore Brunborg

Here’s a treat, but for unexpected reasons in that it’s great to hear the largely unsung Jim Watson given so...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2016

Big Bad Wolf: Pond Life

Jay Davis | Michael de Souza | Owen Dawson | Rob Luft

Big Bad Wolf are building a big bad rep on the indie jazz'n'rock scene, and understandably so. They ply a...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2017

Leo Genovese: Forward

Leo Genovese

New York–based, Argentinian-born pianist and keyboardist Leo Genovese has produced consistently fascinating work as leader and sideman for over two...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2024

Album Interview: Sam Crowe Group: Towards the Centre of Everything

Adam Waldmann | Alan Hampton | Emilia Mårtensson | Mark Guiliana | Sam Crowe | Will Davies | Will Vinson

With his remarkably assured debut Synaesthesia in 2011, the London-based pianist Sam Crowe looked like a young man with a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2013

Album Interview: Led Bib: It's Morning

Chris Williams | Elliot Galvin | Irene Kepl | Jack Hues | Liran Donin | Mark Holub | Noid | Pete Grogan | Sharron Fortnam | Susanna Gartmeyer

Led Bib's sixth album, Umbrella Weather, rejuvenated a band set to quit rather than settle for half-measures. It's Morning sails...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: November/2019

Jo Harrop: The Heart Wants

Andy Davies | Christian McBride | Hannah Vasanth | Jason Rebello | Jo Harrop | Troy Miller

The album cover of The Heart Wants, which features vocalist and songwriter Jo Harrop musing over a lyric sheet, is...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Eddie Harris: Live at Fabrik

Adam Nussbaum | Bob Berg | David Kikoski | Dieter Ilg | Jeff Andrews | Joey Baron | Joey Calderazzo | Michael Brecker | Mike Stern | Randy Brecker

Vocalist, multi- instrumentalist, inventor, and creative box of tricks Eddie Harris left a legacy of new instruments, great tunes and...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2022