Jazzrausch Bigband: téchne
After tackling Ludwig Van on 2020's Beethoven's Breakdown, Munich's ever-enterprising Jazzrausch Bigband now have a go at inventing a completely...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: April/2021
Matthew Halsall: On The Go
Adam Fairhall | Gavin Barras | Gaz Hughes | Matthew Halsall | Nat Birchall | Rachael Gladwin
Third release on his own label for a Manchester-based trumpeter who's being championed by broadcaster and tastemaker Gilles Peterson. Halsall's...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2011
Zela Margossian Quintet: The Road
Adem Yilmaz | Alexander Inman-Hislop | Jacques Emery | Stuart Vandegraff | Zela Margossian
This is Margossian’s second album, following on from her critically acclaimed debut Transition from 2018. There has been just one...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2022
Shirley Scott: One For Me
Billy Higgins | Harold Vick | Shirley Scott
Originally an obscure issue on the artist-owned Strata-East records, this album was planned and produced by Shirley Scott herself with...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2020
Bruno Heinen & Kristian Borring: Postcard to Bill Evans
Bruno Heinen | Kristian Borring
There's a bit of double-think going on this tribute disc to Bill Evans. German pianist Bruno Heinen appears to be...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2015
The Banger Factory: Warriors
Conor Chaplin | Deschanel Gordon | Luca Caruso | Mark Kavuma | Ruben Fox | Theo Erskine
Mark Kavuma's close articulation, razor-sharp timing and soulful tone put him firmly in the lineage of legendary trumpeter Lee Morgan....
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2023
Troy Roberts & TimJago: Best Buddies
Ben Vanderwal | Karl Florisson | Tim Jago | Troy Roberts
This is an all-Australian quartet recorded in their home country, although Roberts is normally based in New York, and enjoys...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2021
Harold Mabern: Right On Time
Brian Charette | Ed Cherry | Joe Magnarelli | Ken Fowser | Steve Davis | Willie Jones III
Mabern, who turned 77 the week of this live recording, has matured into a convincing amalgam of Les McCann and...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2019
Eric Gale: Blue Horizon
Blue Horizon found Gale producing himself for the first time, and hand picking the musicians around him. So it's interesting...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2016
Allan Holdsworth, I.O.U: Live in Japan 1984
Allan Holdsworth | Chad Wackerman | Jimmy Johnson | Paul Williams
Released in 1997 without Holdsworth’s permission – it led to a huge falling out with Williams – this is a...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Feb/2019
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