Mike Stern: Trip
The story behind this album may be inspiring, but the music itself has to stand or fall on its own...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2017
Various Artists: Northern Edition: Curated by Fiona Talkington
This anthology of mainly Scandinavian jazz, or jazz from the north, curated by BBC Radio presenter Fiona Talkington, all taken...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2016
Jeff Lorber Fusion: Hacienda
Apparently, Lorber's squillionth release was inspired by house music and indeed takes its title from Tony Wilson's Manc club of...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
The People Band: Live At Cafe Oto
Recordings of this collective are as rare as a promise kept by a politician, so let’s savour this release from...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2016
London Brew
This project was put together by Martin Terefe and Bruce Lampcov, a pair of front-rank rock music producers, as an...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: April/2023
Marcus Strickland Twi-Life: Nihil Novi
Reeds man Strickland has always been a soulful player, but this is the album where he lays down soulful jazz...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2016
Gavin Harrison: Cheating The Polygraph
Harrison holds down the drum chair in Porcupine Tree and King Crimson so knows a thing or three of all...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2015
Luiz Millan: Brazilian Match
Brazilian songwriters such as Tom Jobim, João Gilberto, Luis Bonfá and Edu Lobo, are so indelibly associated with the music...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2024
Album Interview: Avishai Cohen: Almah
Some crossover projects might lead you to the conclusion that jazz and classical are mutually disempowering: the constraints on the...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2014
Album Interview: Christian McBride Trio: Out Here
Christian McBride | Christian Sands | Ulysses Owen, Jr
Although Christian McBride is a familiar figure within the piano trio context, he has never led a piano trio of...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2013
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