Kari Ikonen: Impressions, Improvisations and Compositions

Kari Ikonen

This is an exemplary solo piano album, full of original twists made possible by a micro-tuning device trade marked by...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2021

Tim Warfield: Jazzland

Byron Landham | Daniel Sadownick | Pat Bianchi | Terell Stafford | Tim Warfield

This is one of those records that could easily be overlooked and fall through the floorboards – you know, another...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Feb/2019

Takuya Kuroda: Zigzagger

A Lee Morgan-influenced, Japanese-born New York-based trumpeter making a thoroughly contemporary album that takes its cues from J Dilla beats,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017

Lester Young: Four Classic Albums – Second Set

Art Taylor | Billy Mitchell | Connie Kay | Hank Jones | John Lewis | Lucky Thompson | Milt Hinton | Milt Jackson | Oscar Pettiford | Percy Heath

With one caveat, this is a very worthwhile collection comprising five 1940s sessions and two from the 50s, but thereby...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2019

Roger Guerin: Le Formidable/Paris Meetings

This is just the kind of treasure Fresh Sound produces from time to time – a portrait of the brilliant...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2018

Levitation Orchestra: Illusions & Realities

Axel Kaner-Lindstrom | Ayodeji Ijishakin | Beatriz Rola | Dilara Aydin-Corbett | Domenech Plana | Emma Barnaby | Hamish Nockles-Moore | Harry Ling | James Akers | Maria Osuchowska

Levitation Orchestra are a London jazz collective, 14 strong here, whose second album was composed by discussing ideas about childhood,...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: December/January/2021/2022

The End: Svärmod Och Vermod Är Vårdesinnen

Anders Hana | Greg Saunier | Kjetil Møster | Mats Gustafsson | Sofia Jernber

Formed by baritone saxophone players Mats Gustafsson and Kjetil Møster, The End are an intense, hi-energy free jazz/altrock collective whose...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: August/2018

Ron Carter/WDR Big Band: My Personal Songbook

Andy Hederer | Andy Hunter | Frank Chastenier | Johan Hörlen | John Marshall | Ludwig Nuss | Paul Heller | Paul Shigihara | Rich DeRosa | Ron Carter

There's been an abundance of Ron Carter albums under his own name, outside of the multitudinous backing sessions he's clocked...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2015

Charles Lloyd: Trios: Chapel

Bill Frisell | Charles Lloyd | Thomas Morgan

Last year’s Tone Poem album by his Marvels band was always going to be a tough act to follow, being...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2022

Dewa Budjana: Zentuary

Danny Markovich | Deva Budjana | Gary Husband | Guthrie Govan | Jack DeJohnette | Michaela Ruzickova | Risa Saraswati | Saat Syah | Tim Garland | Tony Levin

A monumental double-album of epic ambition, Badjuna's Indonesian heritage invests several cuts, notably the vox on ‘Lake Takengon’ or the...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2017