Thiefs: Graft

Aaron Parks | Christophe Panzini | David Frazier | Edgar Sekola | Gaël Faye | Grey Santiago | Guillermo E Brown | Keith Witty | Mike Ladd

Thiefs (sic) is led by the New York avant-jazz bassist Keith Witty and in-demand French saxophonist Christophe Panzini, who's been...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2018

Ran Blake: Ghost Tones

Aaron Hartley | Brad Barrett | Charles Burchell | Dave Fabris | David Flaherty | Doug Pet | Eric Lane | Jason Yeager | Luke Moldof | Peter Konagy

An absorbing project that pays tribute to Blake's inspiration and colleague, George Russell, done the year after the latter's death....

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2015

Bram Stadhouders/Sidsel Endresen/Jim Black: Bell Time

Upcoming Dutch guitarist/laptop ambient experimentalist Stadhouders keeps good company here....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Stanley J Zappa: Muster Point

Saxophonist Stanley J, like Uncle Frank, is an unconventional artist and in duo (occasionally trio) alongside a fellow Milford Gravesmentored...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2020

John Edwards/NO Moore/Eddie Prévost/Alan Wilkinson: EMPoWered

Alan Wilkinson | Eddie Prévost | John Edwards | NO Moore

Presented with an album of improvised music containing just two tracks – one 30 minutes long, the other 20 –...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2022

Parallax: Krutthuset

Led by trumpeter Stian Omenås, this Norwegian improv trio's remote, folky ambient music was suitably recorded at a powder depot...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Phineas Newborn Jr: Here Is Phineas

Terrifi c release of Newborn’s 1956 ‘Piano Artistry’ album with solo pyrotechnics mixed with the trio of Pettiford and Clarke....

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014

Wynton Kelly Trio: Complete Vee Jay Studio Recordings

Jimmy Cobb | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones | Sam Jones | Wynton Kelly

References are often made to the characteristics of locations such as LA, Texas, Chicago or New Orleans when discussing the...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2013

Ivo Neame: Moksha

George Crowley | Ivo Neame | James Maddren | Tom Farmer

Known on the international circuit for being one third of Jasper Høiby's Phronesis, the pianist Ivo Neame has also shown...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2018

Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn: The Transitory Poems

Craig Taborn | Vijay Iyer

Taborn's recent astounding solo piano gig at the Vortex confirmed what many of us have argued for some time: he...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2019