Dominick Farinacci: Short Stories

Alison Rayner | Buster Birch | Deirdre Cartwright | Diane McLoughlin | Steve Lodder

Initially mentored by Wynton Marsalis, this Ohio-raised trumpeter offers a package of updated ‘classic’ jazz with guests that include Christian...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Charnett Moffett: Bright New Day

Brian Jackson | Charnett Mofett | Jana Herzen | Mark Whitfeld Jnr | Scott Tixier

Bassist-bandleader-composer Moffett has been pleasingly eclectic throughout an eventful career. Brilliant work with the likes of Ornette Coleman dovetailed with...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2019

Mosaic: Subterranea

Cecilia Bignall | James Copus | Misha Mullov-Abbado | Ralph Wyld | Sam Rapley | Scott Chapman

This is a highly accomplished band-leading debut by Kenny Wheeler Prize-winner Ralph Wyld, strong in writing, textural detail and spiritual...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: February/2017

Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo: Peace

Described as ‘the Ellington of free jazz’, the pianist-composer Fujii delivers an intense and diverse series of pieces that features...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Dans Les Arbres: Phosphorescence

Made up of three Norwegians (including pianist Christian Wallumrød) and a Frenchman, Dans Les Arbres prove there's life after ECM...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017

Edward Simon with Afi nidad & Imani Winds: Sorrows & Triumphs

Adam Rogers | Brian Blade | David Binney | Edward Simon | Gretchen Parlato | Jeff Scott | Luis Quintero | Mark Dover | Monica Ellis | Rogerio Boccato

Venezuela-born, US-based pianist-composer Edward Simon is, according to JazzTimes, “less talked about than many other important jazz pianists from the...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2018

Maynard Ferguson: The Lost Tapes Bonus

Maynard Ferguson | Ronnie Ross | Ronnie Scott

What are we supposed to make of this? As with Sleepy Night’s previous volume of archive Ferguson material, this is...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: February/2022

DoomCannon: Renaissance

Daniel Rogerson | DoomCannon | Jordan Mackampa | Kaidi Akinnibi | Lex Amor | Marsha Skinns | Natalia Senior Brown | Oscar Ogden | Saskia Horton | Sienna Hamilton

Dominic Canning, otherwise known as DoomCannon, is a man of many parts, all of which interlock convincingly on this sophomore...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: September/2022

Monocled Man: Ex-Voto

Chris Montague | Jon Scott | Rory Simmons

The trumpeter-composer-programmer Rory Simmons is an original member of North London’s underground LOOP Collective, an organization that became very fertile...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Bill Evans: Peace Pieces

Bill Evans | Cannonball Adderley | Chuck Israels | Connie Kay | Freddie Hubbard | Jim Hall | Paul Motian | Percy Heath | Philly Joe Jones | Scott Lafaro

An interesting choice, since this wasn't an original album as such. Compiled by the new owners of Riverside after the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2015