Thomas Strønen: Time is a Blind Guide

Håkon Aase | Kit Downes | Lucy Railton | Ole Morten Vagan | Siv øyunn Kjenstad | Steinar Mossige | Thomas Strønen

Coinciding with a new ECM release by his co-led improvising electronic-orientated duo Food, the leading Norwegian percussionist/drummer Thomas Strønen goes...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Dirk Serries/Colin Webster: Gargoyles

Belgian guitarist Serries and Londonbased saxophonist Webster are both champions of their respective instrument's experimental sonic extensions and use them...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2018

Sonny Rollins: Holding The Stage: Road Shows Vol.4

Al Foster | Ben Riley | Bob Cranshaw | Bob Crenshaw | Bobby Broom | Candido | Clifton Anderson | Dennis Chambers | Frank Chambers | Harold Summey Jr

The earliest music here is a straight reissue, down to the sleeve typo, of the 1959 set reviewed favourably in...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2016

Ahmad Jamal: Marseille

Abd Al Malik | Ahmad Jamal | Herlin Riley | James Cammack | Manolo Badrena | Mina Agossi

A new album from Ahmad Jamal is always an event, as he has seldom stood still in his career, always...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2017

Keith Jarrett: A Multitude of Angels

Keith Jarrett

Like the sinuous violin that links the movements of Rimsky-Korsakov's ‘Scheherazade Op. 35’, representing the voice of Scheherazade telling stories...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Daniel Humair: Sweet & Sour

A restlessly engaging quartet led by the brilliant French drum luminary Daniel Humair featuring saxophonist Émile Parisien and accordionist Vincent...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013

Ivo Perelman & Karl Berger: Reverie

Ivo Perelman | Karl Berger

Given the fact that the prolific Brazilian tenor saxophonist plays within a relatively small circle of musicians, the appearance of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2014

Daniel Hersog Jazz Orchestra: Open Spaces (Folk Songs Reimagined)

Andrew Porrier | Ben Henriques | Ben Kono | Brad Turner | Dan Weiss | Daniel Hersog | Derry Byrne | Frank Carlberg | Jeremy Berkman | Jim Hopson

This is an unusual project by Hersog, a Canadian trumpeter, composer and arranger who is also that rarity, the leader...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: August/2023

Christine Jensen: Day Moon

Adrian Vedady | Christine Jensen | Jim Doxas | Steve Amirault

Day Moon contains a series of compositions by the acclaimed Canadian saxophonist Christine Jensen that reflect her state of mind...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2023

Noga Ritter: Ima

Byron Wallen | Dembis Thioung | Giuliano Osella | Liran Donin | Lis Murphy | Maurizio Ravalico | Nim Sadot | Noga Ritter | Patrick Kenny | Phil Dawson

An immensely promising debut (as leader) from Noga Ritter, an Israeli-born, London-based singer, composer and bandleader, Ima (Hebrew for ‘mother’)...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: August/2023