Florian Willeitner: What the Fugue

Alexander Wienand | Florian Willeitner | Ivan Turkalj

“My studies of the counterpoint of both Bach and Shostakovich provided me with one important source,” says violinist and leader...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2024

Vince Mendoza & the London Symphony Orchestra: Epiphany

John Abercrombie | John Taylor | Kenny Wheeler | London Symphony Orchestra | Marc Johnson | Michael Brecker | Peter Erskine | Vince Mendoza

One of Ted Gioia’s most interesting articles in his Honest Broker substack posts is a piece he did on arts...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2024

Shiver: Shiver Meets Matthew Bourne Volume 2

Andy Champion | Chris Sharkey | Joost Hendrickx | Matthew Bourne

Matthew Bourne’s extensive hunger for collaboration was starved during lockdown, and the second of two summer days playing with Northeastern...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2024

Adam Glasser Quartet: SA and Beyond

Adam Glasser | Bhasi Mahlasela | Bheki Khoza | Bokani Dyer | Corrie Dick | Fana Zulu | Fitzroy Ngcukana | George Crowley | Peter Auret | Rob Luft

This release matters not just because it’s a pleasure to hear Glasser’s virtuoso chromatic harp. For Glasser, it’s about keeping...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2024

Myra Brownbridge: The Voyage Out

George Garford | Matthew Holmes | Myra Brownbridge | Tom Ollendorff | Tony Kofi

If you’ve not heard of Myra Brownbridge, it’s because she’s spent her career so far working with better-known headliners -...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: December/2024

Colin Stetson: Sorrow

Subtitled ‘A Reimagining of Gorecki's 3rd symphony’, this is the sonically stratospheric multi-reeds colossus Colin Stetson's expressive contemporary music remake...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2016

Echoes of Ellington Jazz Orchestra: Jazz Planets

Andy Flaxman | Callum Au | Chris Traves | Colin Good | Colin Skinner | George Hogg | James Davison | Jay Craig | Joe Pettitt | Jon Stokes

Reedman Peter Long founded Echoes of Ellington 25 years ago and has always sought to present the late maestro's music...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2018

Dave Brubeck: Early Years: The Singles Collection1950-52

Bill Smith | Bob Collins | Cal Tjader | Dave Brubeck | Dave Van Kreidt | Dick Collins | Fred Dutton | Herb Barman | Jack Weeks | Lloyd Davis

At the dawn of the 1950s, the Weiss brothers, who owned a pressing plant, founded Fantasy Records to take over...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2021

Anne Mette Iversen & Norbotten Big Band: Everything In Between

Dudley Phillips | Huw Warren | Zoot Warren

Esteemed Swedish orchestra, Norbotten Big Band, demonstrate a versatility akin to the greatly admired Dutch Metropole Orkest. A quality of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2019

Sue Rynhart: Signals

This young Irish singer-songwriter's second album is an absorbing collection of nu-folk songs and spoken word, infused with her inventive...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017