Jef Neve: One
Ant Law | Asaf Sirkis | Dionne Bennett | Hossam Ramzy | Jason Rebello | Tim Garland
When Jef Neve burst on the European scene with Nobody is Illegal in 2006, it seemed like a star had...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2016
Enrico Pieranunzi: Common View
Enrico Pieranunzi | Jasper Somsen | Jorge Rossy
The leader or co-leader on countless albums and known for his affiliations with important US soloists like Chet Baker and...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2020
Mark de Clive-Lowe: Live At The Blue Whale
Brandon Eugene Owens | Gene Coye | Josh Johnson | Mark de Clive-Lowe
New Zealander de Clive-Lowe is a veteran of London's broken beat scene but now based in LA, where this live...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2017
Oliver Lake Featuring Flux Quartet: Right Up On
Conrad Harris | Flexi Fan | Max Mandel | Oliver Lake | Tom Chiu
Lake has been an intrepid explorer over some five decades, appearing in a vast array of contexts. His orchestral work...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2017
Album Interview: Christian McBride Big Band: Bringin' It
Christian McBride has an ebullient character – it bursts from his double-bass and it expands naturally to his writing and...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: October/2017
Jacob Teichroew Quintet: Tableaux
A quiet debut by a young Brooklyn-based saxophonist who has something of Lee Konitz’s intimate sound and patiently developed phrasing,...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2013
Trevor Watts & Stephen Grew: All There Is
Few more exposing formats exist for free improvisation than the saxophone and piano duo. The stubborn inability of the equal-tempered,...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: August/2017
Album Interview: Matthew Shipp: The Piano Equation
Matthew Shipp’s impressively large discography has recordings in all kinds of configurations but solo piano is one context in which...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2020
Grand General
This thirtysomething, Trondheim-based, fiery contemporary jazz-prog quintet led by violinist Ola Kvernberg inevitably draw comparisons to Mahavishnu but also have...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2013
Irène Schweizer and Jürg Wickihalder: Spring
Irène Schweizer | Jürg Wickihalder
A series of conversations across the generations: pianist Schweizer a legend of European free jazz, while saxophonist Wickihalder represents the...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: February/2015
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