Gabriel Vicéns: The Way We Are Created

EJ Strickland | Gabriel Vincéns | Glenn Zaleski | Rick Rosato | Roman Filiú | Victor Pablo

The roots of the compositions presented on Vicéns' third release lie in the rhythms of Puerto Rican folklore. But the...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: March/2021

Sameer Gupta: A Circle Has No Beginning

Arun Ramamurthy | Brandee Younger | Jay Ghandi | Marc Cary | Marika Hughes | Morley Kamen | Neel Murgai | Pawan Benjamin | Rashaan Carter | Sameer Gupta

Brooklyn Raga Massive has emerged over the last few years as a forward-thinking collective devoted to exploring diverse sounds inspired...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2018

Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau: Nearness

Brad Mehldau | Joshua Redman

The influential contemporary pianist and saxophonist's musical relationship goes back to the early 1990s. It was then that a fledgling...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016

Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: Live In Nuremberg

Ivo Perelman | Matthew Shipp

Brazilian saxophonist Perelman’s recent appearance at London’s Hundred Years Gallery saw him take the bold step of working with strings...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2020

Shiver: #4 – I Need You To Focus

Andy Champion | Chris Sharkey | Joost Hendrickx

Chris Sharkey is one of the UK's most agile musical shapeshifters. Hewing heavy riffs for the likes of the much-missed...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: November/2020

Tore Brunborg/Kirsti Huke: Scent of Soil

Gard Nilssen | Kirsti Huke | Petter Vågan | Rune Nergaard | Tore Brunborg

The material on this album was debuted at the 2010 Vossa Jazz Festival as a result of a festival commission....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2012

Maria Pia De Vito/François Couturier/Anja Lechner/Michele Rabbia: II Pergolese

Anja Lechner | François Couturier | Maria Pia De Vito | Michele Rabbia

Paying tribute to the short-lived 18th century Italian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736), this ECM debut from Italian vocalist, composer...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2014

Paul Dunmall/Paul Rogers/Tony Orrell: That's My Life

Paul Dunmall | Paul Rogers | Tony Orrell

This blistering live set, recorded in a Bristol pub in 1989, is the only document of this trio to have...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2023

Duke Ellington: Complete Newport 1956 Concert

Al Lucas | Ambrose Jackson | Anderson | Benny Bailey | Britt Woodman | Carney | Cat Anderson | Chuck Connors | Clark Terry | Cootie Williams

Newport was the famous happening, before happenings were even thought of, and certainly long before people started writing books about...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2016

Joe Farrell: Night Dancing

A simply brilliant unaccompanied solo version of ‘Come Rain or Come Shine’, redeems this album from being unadulterated late 1970s...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2015