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

George Lewis: And His New Orleans Stompers

If you don't have the Lewis complete Blue Note sessions on Mosaic, then this is a relatively inexpensive way to...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2011

Carmen Lundy: Code Noir

Ben Williams | Carmen Lundy | Elisabeth Oei | Jeff Parker | Kendrick Scott | Patrice Rushen

Any new album by Carmen Lundy is a cause for celebration and, delivering a heady mix of jazz, blues, samba...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2017

Veronica Swift: Confessions

Benny Green | Carl Allen | David Wong | Emmet Cohen | Kyle Poole | Russell Hall | Veronica Swift

The daughter of the jazz singer, educator and author Stephanie Nakasian and the late jazz pianist Hod O'Brien, Veronica Swift...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2019

Henri Texier: Sky Dancers

Armel Dupas | François Corneloup | Henri Texier | Louis Moutin | Nguyên Lê | Sébastien Texier

Shining a light on the forcibly disenfranchised is a reason for a fresh engagement with jazz for the extraordinary Paris-born...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016