Wolfgang Haffner: Kind of Cool

Christian von Kaphengst | Christopher Dell | Dan Berglund | Dusko Goykovich | Frank Chastenier | Jan Lungdren | Jukka Perko | Max Mutzke | Nils Landgren | Wolfgang Haffner

In 2008 Haffner came up with a minor masterpiece for the ACT label in Acoustic Shapes that seemed to capture...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2015

Ran Blake + Jeanne Lee: The Newest Sound You Ever Heard

Here’s a treasure trove of newly-discovered material recorded by this brilliantly eccentric vocal/piano duo five years after their RCA disc...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2019

Jerome Sabbagh: Plugged In

An ex-Paul Motian sideman, this NYCbased French saxophonist's band features excellent Belgian keyboardist Jozef Dumoulin in a rock-inspired but total...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2012

WorldService Project: For King & Country

Arthur O'Hara | Dave Morecroft | Harry Pope | Raphael Clarkson | Tim Ower

Phew, fasten the seatbelts you're in for a bumpy ride. Burning enough jazz power to illumine a decent– sized city,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2016

Anja Lechner/François Couturier: Lontano

Anja Lechner | François Couturier

‘There is no old or new music,’ says German cellist Anja Lechner, best known for her US classical chart-topping album...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: December/2020

Tania Giannouli Trio: In Fading Light

Andreas Polyzogopoulos | Kyriakos Tapakis | Tania Giannouli

The music of the piano trio led by Greek composer, improviser and bandleader Tania Giannouli has been likened to ECM's...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2021

Curtis Stigers: Let’s Go Out Tonight

Curtis Stigers

With the Great American Songbook now here to be seen, this latest album from US singer-saxophonist Curtis Stigers represents something...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2012

Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden: Jasmine

Charlie Haden | Keith Jarrett

Jarrett and Haden may not have played together for thirty years, since Jarrett wound-up his American Quartet with Haden, Dewey...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2010

Andy Sheppard: Surrounded by Sea

Andy Sheppard | Eivind Aarset | Michel Benita | Seb Rochford

British saxophonist Andy Sheppard's third album for ECM marks the next stage in the musical evolution of his Trio Libero,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2015

Nicholas Payton: Smoke Sessions

George Coleman | Karriem Liggins | Nicholas Payton | Ron Carter

The influence of Miles Davis’ second great quintet on Nicholas Payton’s music began when the trumpeter/composer was barely in his...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2021