Cheetham/Webster/Willberg: The Small Departs, The Great Approaches

Andrew Cheetham | Colin Webster | Otto Willberg

Four musicians, a pair of duos from Manchester and London, meet up for a series of one-off studio sessions in...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: May/2017

Dylan Howe: Subterranean: New Designs on David Bowie's Berlin

Adrian Utley | Brandon Allen | Dylan Howe | Julian Siegel | Mark Hodgson | Nick Pini | Ross Stanley | Steve Howe

As well as being ‘a funky little bastard’, according to his old mentor Ian Dury, Howe has proved a persistent...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2014

Robert Erlandsson Quartet: News

This thirtysomething Stockholm-based double bassist’s homegrown band play originals in a pretty standard, Sonny Rollins-ish contemporary bop style....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2013

Lorenz Kellhuber: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival

A young prizewinning German pianist with technique to spare taking the classic Jarrett ‘live’ route (with similar references to classical...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Keith Tippett: The Monk Watches the Eagle

Andy Scott | Ben Waghorn | Chris Biscoe | David Roach | Julie Tippetts | Keith Tippett | Kevin Figes | Paul Dunmall | Rob Buckland | The BBC Singers

A special BBC recording that captures Tippett's cantata on its debut, at Norwich Cathedral. It's a diverse piece, commissioned for...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2021

Jorge Rossy: Stay There

With a line-up including Mark Turner and Al Foster, the Catalonian ex-Mehldau sideman and drummer (on vibes/marimba here) certainly has...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017

Allison Miller/Carmen Staaf: Nearness

Allison Miller | Carmen Staaf

Within a minute or so of the powerful opening track ‘Dan Dan’ with thrashing drums and strong piano, its musical...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2022

Bastian Stein: Diegesis

A lyrical young German quartet that benefits from this label’s high standards in sound fidelity but alongside the quite striking...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

The Jazz Five: The Hooter!

Allan Ganley | Art Ellefson | Bill Eyden | Brian Dee | Harry Klein | Malcolm Cecil | Ronnie Ross | Stan Jones | Stan Wasser | Tony Mann

A clever and interesting pairing by Jordi Pujol. Two of the best British jazz groups at the end of the...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2014

Katie Thiroux: Off Beat

Double-bassist beat-jazz vocalist Katie Thiroux is influenced by Annie Ross, Peggy Lee, and Mose Allison, among others, and interprets both...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2017