Ibrahim Maalouf/Oxmo Puccino: Au pays d'Alice…

Franck Woeste | François Delporte | Ibrahim Maalouf | Laurent David | Oxmo Puccino | Sofi Jeannin | Stéphane Galland

Wow. On this remarkable recording – both ambitiously grandiose and coolly contemporary – Ibrahim Maalouf and Oxmo Puccino join forces...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2015

Mette Henriette: Drifting

Johan Lindvall | Judith Hamann | Mette Henriette

In an interview with writer and ECM chronicler Steve Lake, the young Norwegian saxophonist, composer and multi-media artist Mette Henriette...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2023

Get the Blessing: Bristopia

Adrian Utley | Clive Deamer | Jake McMurchie | Jim Barr | Margerethe Bjorklund | Pete Judge

Even as the BBC Jazz Award for best album was handed to them in 2008, Get the Blessing felt like...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: October/2018

Matt Ridley: The Antidote

Alex Hitchcock | Ant Law | Marc Michel | Matt Ridley | Tom Hewson

Matt Ridley was an in-demand bass sideman on the circuit before the pandemic crisis took hold, but he's also quietly...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2021

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society: Real Enemies

Adam Birnbaum | Carl Maraghi | Darcy James Argue | Dave Pietro | Ingrid Jensen | Jacob Garchik | James Urbaniak | Jennifer Wharton | John Ellis | Jon Wikan

Brooklyn-based Darcy James Argue has been one of the most talked about young ensemble arrangers and leaders on the east...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2016

Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Nate Wooley: Philosopher's Stone

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

Various Artists: Salsa de la Bahia

Mainly recent music from the SF Bay Area, but going back to the 50s in one case, documenting the rich...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Red Garland: Halleloo Y'All/When There Are Grey Skies

Another excellent volume in this label's mission to reissue Garland's 1950s and 60s Prestige sessions, and the two lineups on...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2014

Ian McMillan Orchestra: Homing On

On the surface there's no real link to jazz here, but the imaginative musings of Northern poet Ian McMillan, host...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2011

Dans les arbres: Canopée

Christian Wallumrød | Ingar Zach | Ivar Grydeland | Xavier Charles

Collectively written, this may well come across as contemporary classical music. However, essentially it's an introspective improv approach by this...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: September/2012