Andrea Keller: Journey Home

Andrea Keller

Andrea's Keller's new album Journey Home, her third album release of 2020, comprises the soundtrack to the film of the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: December/2020

Bud Powell: In Paris

Eddie Calhoun | Erroll Garner | Kelly Martin

This 1963 set with Rivère and Fields is not a patch on Bud’s other great comeback recording, Our Man In...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2019

Emile Parisien: Louise

Emile Parisien | Joe Martin | Manu Codjia | Nasheet Waits | Roberto Negro | Theo Coker

This is the seventh album on ACT from the former Marciac child prodigy Emile Parisien. His first significant statement for...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2022

Gerry Mulligan: Four Classic Albums (Third Set)

Built around three of Mulligan's classic sextet albums from 1955-56, the band mainly featuring Jon Eardley and Bob Brookmeyer, this...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2018

Early Nite: Dustbin Smugglin'

This Manchester-based sax-bass-drum trio mightn't have the sophistication of key influences Ornette's Primetime and Henry Threadgill's AIR, but they're an...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2017

Oleg Kireyev – Keith Javors: Rhyme and Reason

Jason Palmer | Kendrick Scott | Mark Turner | Matt Brewer

Keith Javors, as player and producer, was one of the surprise highlights of the recent Coming Together album, which featured...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2019

Poetry, Pleased: Charles Lloyd & The Marvels: Tone Poem

Bill Frisell | Charles Lloyd | Eric Harland | Greg Leisz | Reuben Rogers

Although the vocal add-ons to the Marvels' first two albums spoke of music-making with no boundaries or barriers, the fascination...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2021

Geir Sundstøl: Langen Ro

David Wallumrød | Erik Sollid | Erland Dahlen | Geir Sundstøl | Martin Langlie | Martin Windstad | Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen

Norwegian guitarist and exotic instrument hound Geir Sundstøl settles in for a solo sophomore suite mapping out cinematic regions of...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: February/2017

Cartoon: Change of Meaning

Chris Biscoe | John Pope | Roger Turner

Cartoon is a UK-based trio made up of the versatile multi-reeds veteran Chris Biscoe, an underappreciated player best known for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2019

Bill Evans/Jim Hall: Undercurrent: The Stereo & Mono Versions

Bill Evans | Freddie Hubbard | Jim Hall | Percy Heath | Philly Joe Jones | Ron Carter | Zoot Sims

The original six-track duo album, Undercurrent, ranked high among the output of both partners. Its pervading pensive ballad mood was...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2019