Misha Mullov-Abbado: New Ansonia

Jacob Collier | James Davison | Matthew Barley | Matthew Heard | Misha Mullov-Abbado | Nick Goodwin | Scott Chapman | Tom Green | Victoria Mullova

A polished performance at last year's Proms, in the intimate setting of the Elgar Room, showed that Mullov-Abbado's ensemble was...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2015

Mark Guiliana: the sound of listening

Chris Morrissey | Jason Rigby | Mark Guiliana | Shai Maestro

New Jersey-born drummer Mark Guiliana releases his first quartet recording for five years on the high-profile, internationalist, UK-based Edition Records...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2022

Spirit Fingers

Dario Chiazzolino | Greg Spero | Hadrien Feraud | Mike Mitchell

The interest in fusion today among young musicians is a curious thing. The long hair and flares of the 1970s...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: May/2018

B.J. Jansen: Common Ground

B.J. Jansen | Delfeayo Marsalis | Dezron Douglas | Duane Eubanks | Ralph Peterson | Zaccai Curtis

The lolloping swing that drives the opening modal blues signals baritone saxophonist B.J. Jansen's mainstream aesthetic, the floaty cover of...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2017

World Sanguine Report: Skeleton Blush

A top large ensemble led by jazz-wayward singer-songwriter/guitarist/arranger Andrew Plummer is the missing link between Zorn, Turnage, Satchmo, The Birthday...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2020

Duke Pearson: Prairie Dog

Part of the Japanese reissue series, this features Pearson and saxophonist Harold Vick in a number of slightly different settings:...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014

Dave Manington's Riff Raff: Hullabaloo

Brigitte Beraha | Dave Manington | Ivo Neame | Rob Updegraff | Tim Giles | Tomas Challenger

Singer Brigitte Beraha became a fifth member of the bassist-leader Dave Manington's new band Riff Raff following a successful performance...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013

Louis Armstrong: Live In Paris, 24 April 1962

Recorded at the Olympia, this is a standard-fare All Stars concert, but with a great sense of occasion, given the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2016

Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl: Artlessly Falling

Adam O’Farrill | Amirtha Kidami | Maria Gr | Mary Halvorson | Michael Formanek | Robert Wyatt | Tomas Fujiwara

Few artists are in such vibrant dialogue with those twin impostors, rigour and imagination, as Mary Halvorson. Practice, practice, practice,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: December/2020

Fred Hersch: {Open Book}

Fred Hersch

The fiercely independent 61-year-old pianist Fred Hersch has been a quietly influential figure on the next generation of open-minded pianists,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2017