Christian Chevallier: Le Prince du Jazz Français

A real revelation – the big band and small group work of France's leading pianist and arranger from 1955-59, with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2016

Kjetil Jerve: New York Improvisations

Explorative and fairly impenetrable standard interpretations and originals by a Norwegian pianist in trio with Drew Gress and saxophonist Jimmy...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2017

George Colligan: Ask Me Tomorrow

George Colligan | Linda Oh | Ted Poor

A little like Bill Carrothers, who avoids being on America's metropolitan jazz radar, Colligan has often been based far away...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2014

Andy Fusco: Joy-Riding

Andy Fusco | Jason Tiemann | Joel Weiskopf | Mike Karn | Walt Weiskopf

You'd never know it, but altoist Andy Fusco is 69-years-old. He joined the Buddy Rich Big Band back in 1978....

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: August/2017

Bob Downes Open Music: New York Suite

Bob Downes | Brian Godding | Denis Smith | Paul Bridge | Paul Rutherford

Though based in Germany since the 1980s, multi-instrumentalist Bob Downes will forever be associated with underground London of the late-1960s...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2012

Joe Morris/William Parker/Gerald Cleaver: Altitude

Gerald Cleaver | Joe Morris | William Parker

As Morris says in his sleeve notes, the accent is on ‘the long form.’ With each of the opening two...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2012

Christoph Stiefel & Inner Language Trio: Big Ship

Arne Huber | Christoph Stiefel | Kevin Chesham

Having made a name on the Swiss jazz scene, the fiftysomething Zurich-born pianist and composer Christoph Stiefel looked to make...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014

Colin Vallon Trio: Le Vent

Colin Vallon | Julian Sartorius | Patrice Moret

A restless stillness dominates this second ECM release from young Swiss pianist Colin Vallon's trio. (The first was Rruga in...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2014

Francesco Ciniglio: The Locomotive Suite

Alexis Valet | Felix Moseholm | Francesco Ciniglio | Matt Chalk | Matteo Pastorino | Raynald Colom

Naples-born but resident in Paris, Ciniglio is an excellent drummer and possibly even more interesting as a writer/bandleader. His debut...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2021

Eric Johnson & Mike Stern: Eclectic

Anton Fig | Chris Maresh | Christopher Cross | Eric Johnson | Guy Forsyth | Leni Stern | Malford Milligan | Mike Stern

Here's an unalloyed pleasure from two masters of their art: and there is much art in these fleet fingered maestros,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015