Sunna Gunnlaugs: Long Pair Bond

Porgrimur Jónsson | Scott McLemore | Sunna Gunnlaugs

This is Sunna Gunnlaugs’ first trio album in 13 years, and here she is accompanied by Porgrimur Jónsson on bass...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2012

Henry Spencer & Juncture: The Reasons Don't Change

Andrew Robb | David Ingamells | Henry Spencer | Matt Robinson | Nick Costley-White | The Guastalla string quartet

The word is already out on Henry Spencer for those who've witnessed him live. I Winner of the Best Newcomer...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

Jo Harrop: The Heart Wants

Andy Davies | Christian McBride | Hannah Vasanth | Jason Rebello | Jo Harrop | Troy Miller

The album cover of The Heart Wants, which features vocalist and songwriter Jo Harrop musing over a lyric sheet, is...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Will Calhoun: Celebrating Elvin Jones

Antoine Roney | Carlos McKinney | Christian McBride | Doudou N'diaye Rose | Jan Hammer | Keyon Harrold | Will Calhoun

Elvin Jones' high energy, light touch polyrhythmic rumble came to the fore in John Coltrane's classic quartet, and went on...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Yong Yandsen/Christian Meaas Svendsen/Paal Nilssen-Love: Hungry Ghosts

Full-throttle free-improv with impressive Malaysian saxophonist Yandsen making a cathartic jazz noise alongside a feral Nordic bass and drums pairing....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2020

Johannes Berauer: Vienna Chamber Diaries Plus Strings

Bernhard Schimpelsberger | Christian Bakanic | Florian Eggner | Gwilym Simcock | Johannes Dickbauer | Klaus Gesing | Wolfgang Muthspiel | Yuri Goloubev

Austrian composer Johannes Berauer rightly considers himself an ambassador between classical and jazz musicians, between composed and improvised music', and...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2022

Bill Evans: The Legendary Bill Evans Trio

Bill Evans | Paul Motian | Scott LaFaro | Tony Scott

If you consider yourself the person who needs an introduction to Evans’ groundbreaking work at the start of the 1960s,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2022

Christian Chevallier: Le Prince du Jazz Français

A real revelation – the big band and small group work of France's leading pianist and arranger from 1955-59, with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2016

Monocled Man: Bernabe Jurado

Chris Montague | Jon Scott | Rory Simmons

Trumpeter, composer and producer Rory Simmons' Monocled Man trio extends the resources of his thoughtfully long-spun, somewhat Kenny Wheeler-like trumpet...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2020

Jennifer Hartswick: Something in the Water

Christian McBride | Conor Elmes | Jennifer Hartswick | Nicholas Cassarino | Rob Marscher

Released via Christian McBride's Mack Avenue Music Group imprint, Brother Mister Productions, and recorded at the legendary Sound Emporium Studios...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2022