Gilad Atzmon/Alan Barnes: The Lowest Common Denominator

Alan Barnes | Chris Higginbotham | Frank Harrison | Gilad Atzmon | Yaron Stavi

Barnes and Atzmon have been an item musically for a while now. Barnes tells me that he's getting a real...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2017

Alex Hitchcock Quintet: Live At The London And Cambridge Jazz Festivals

Alex Hitchcock | James Copus | Jay Davis | Joe Downard | Will Barry

Saxophonist and composer Alex Hitchcock formed this band for his 2016 postgrad finals at the Royal Academy of Music, and...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2018

Fire! Orchestra: Arrival

Andreas Werliin | Anna Lindal | Christer Bothén | Isak Hedjtärn | Johan Berthling | Josefn Runsteen | Katt Hernandez | Leo Svensson | Mariam Wallentin | Mats Gustafsson

Four albums in, the Fire! Trio's once 28-piece collective iteration is streamlined by half and harbours a string quartet. The...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2019

Zoë Schwarz: Blue Commotion

Gareth Williams | Paul Robinson | Rob Koral | Steve Thompson | Zoë Schwarz

This terrific new album from vocalist Zoë Schwarz and guitarist Rob Koral successfully mines the blues side of jazz, with...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Zachary Gvirtzman: Father Tongues

Most of these mediations for solo piano were performed ‘in the moment’ and the F-IRE Collective member Gvirtzman's patient, spatially-aware...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017

Guus Janssen: Meeting Points

Recordings made between 1989 and 2011 by a significant figure on the leading Dutch avant-garde scene, the pianist’s personnel includes...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016

Mikkel Ploug Trio: At Black Tornado

A Danish guitarist with a sound partly reminiscent of Mark Ribot, his country-blues-ish twang is written all over this likeable...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015

Extemporize: Capital

The drum and bass meets electric Miles approach here sounds dated at this point, reminiscent of Erik Truffaz in part,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Schlippenbach Quartet: Three Nails Left

Alex Schlippenbach | Evan Parker | Paul Lovens | Peter Kowald

Issued originally on FMP back in 1975, Three Nails Left is a pioneering document of European free improvisation – a...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: December/2020

Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia: Saturday Night In San Francisco 12-6-80

Al Di Meola | John McLaughlin | Paco De Lucia

Friday Night In San Francisco is of course the stuff of legend, an album that not only propelled the three...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2022