Brian Charette: Power from the Air

Brian Charette | Brian Fishler | Itai Kriss | Karel Ruzicka | Kenny Brooks | Mike DiRubbo

Brian Charette keeps you on your toes: last time he was on Steeplechase he was roogalating with a big band:...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2021

Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Jeff Cosgrove: Live In Baltimore

Bobby Kapp | Brandon Lopez | Gerald Cleaver | Ivo Perelman | Jeff Cosgrove | Joe Hertenstein | Matthew Shipp | Nate Wooley | William Parker

Most jazz musicians worry about where their next album is coming from, but Ivo Perelman isn’t most jazz musicians and,...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Teddy Edwards/Howard McGhee: Together Again

This 1961 reunion of the men who really brought bop to the West is their best latterday get-together, immeasurably helped...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2012

Album Interview: Phronesis: Parallax

Anton Eger | Ivo Neame | Jasper Høiby

Ten years into their life as an increasingly tight-knit trio and it’s perhaps no surprise that Phronesis have named their...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: April/2016

Iréne Schweizer & Han Bennink: Welcome Back

Han Bennink | Iréne Schweizer

Swiss pianist Schweizer and Dutch drummer Bennink were among the first wave of European free-improvisers, both taking part in Manfred...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2015

Bill O'Connell and the Afro-Caribbean Ensemble: Wind Off The Hudson

Alex Sipiagin | Andrea Brachfeld | Bill O'Connell | Conrad Herwig | Craig Handy | Gary Smulyan | Lincoln Goines | Ralph Bowen | Robby Ameen | Romaz Diaz

“I'm a product of the New York Latin Jazz scene and I wanted something to reflect that hard hitting New...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2019

Gianluigi Trovesi/Gianni Coscia: La Misteriosa Musica Della Regina Loana

Gianluigi Trovesi | Gianni Coscia

One of Italy's most influential progressive jazz musicians, Gianluigi Trovesi has always drawn from a rich vein of Italian tradition...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2019

The Cookers: The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart

Billy Harper | Billy Hart | Cecil McBee | David Weiss | Donald Harrison | Eddie Henderson | George Cables

The Cookers go from strength to strength. The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart is their fifth and best....

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2016

The Larry Young Trio: Testifying/Young Blues/Forrest Fire/Groove Street

Bill Leslie | Jimmie Smith | Jimmy Forrest | Larry Young | Thornel Schwartz | Wendell Marshall

This is a musical portrait of the artist as a young man – Larry Young at age 20 on Testifying,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2016

The Dan Tepfer Trio: Eleven Cages

Dan Tepfer | Nate Wood | Thomas Morgan

The 35-year-old Paris-born pianist Dan Tepfer has been the perfect foil for the open-minded US bop veteran saxophonist Lee Konitz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017