Mauro Gargano Trio: Feed

This Puglia-based bassist leads an expressive piano trio featuring Norwegian pianist Alessandro Sgobbio and French drummer Christophe Marguet and their...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2021

Mavis Rivers: The Capitol Years 1959-60

Samoan-born Rivers had a lovely voice that lent itself to seductive love-songs, and here with natty charts from Nelson Riddle...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2015

Nina Ferro: Into The Light

James Farrell | Jano Rix | Michael Rojas | Nina Ferro | Sam Hawksley | Steve Mackey

Nina goes to Nashville, and the results are an already classic sounding album of 13 originals, all but three penned...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2014

Chris Speed Trio: Platinum on Tap

Chris Speed | Chris Tordini | Dave King

The quietly influential saxophonist Chris Speed’s CV reads like a Who’s Who of some of the most essential contemporary rock/...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Alex Webb: British Standard Time

Alex Webb | Andy Davies | Carroll Thompson | Ciyo Brown | Flo Moore | Jamie McCredie | Jo Harrop | Leo Richardson | Luca Manning | Nathaniel Cross

This new 15-track album from pianist, songwriter and MD Alex Webb presents a quartet of exceptional vocalists, a stellar cast...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2022

Golfam Khayam/Mona Matbou Riahi: Narrante

Golfam Khayam | Mona Matbou Riahi

A tranquil female duo of guitar-clarinet from Iran draw from Persian folk music sources, integrating its improvisatory leanings with nuances...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2016

Satoko Fujii/Joe Fonda: Thread of Light

Joe Fonda | Satoko Fujii

Thread of Light is the fifth collaboration since 2015 between the great Japanese pianist and improviser/composer Satoko Fujii, and the...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2022

ARC: Archipelago

Josefine Cronholm | Paolo Russo | Thommy Andersson

Bringing together the distinguished trio of Swedish singer Josefine Cronholm, Swedish bass player Thommy Andersson, and Italian piano and bandoneón...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2013

Mary Ann McCall: Complete Recordings 1950-59

Vocalist for Tommy Dorsey and Woody Herman in the swing era, this shows latterday McCall with Artie Shaw, Charlie Ventura,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2017

Stéphane Galland: Lobi

Carles Benavent | Magic Malik | Misirli Ahmet | Petar Ralchev | Stéphane Galland | Tigran Hamasyan

This is proggy jazz-rock folk at first, with the drummer leader Galland sunny and earthy on the Benavent-penned opener ‘En...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: March/2013