IF: If5

Ben Taylor | Dave Browne | Dave Quincy | Guy Gardner | Rod Brown | Terry Smith

All credit to Quincy and Smith for keeping the flame alive, their revival last year of If (or is it...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2016

Paragon: Cerca

Arthur Lea | Jon Scott | Matthias Nowak | Peter Ehwald

This ensemble recording, the second following Quarterlife Crisis released in 2009 by the quartet Paragon really hits its target. They're...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2014

Michael Feinberg: Blues Variant

Dave Liebman | Leo Genovese | Michael Feinberg | Nasheet Waits | Noah Preminger

The Criss Cross label has been quietly but firmly stamping its mark of quality on the shifting sands of New...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: March/2023

Darius Brubeck Quartet: Years Ago

Darius Brubeck | Dave O'Higgins | Matt Ridley | Wesley Gibbens

Brubeck describes the title tune – written by South African saxophonist Duke Makasi and reminiscent in mood and melody of...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: April/2017

Chris Speed Trio: Platinum on Tap

Chris Speed | Chris Tordini | Dave King

The quietly influential saxophonist Chris Speed’s CV reads like a Who’s Who of some of the most essential contemporary rock/...

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

Chris Potter: The Sirens

Chris Potter | Craig Taborn | David Virelles | Eric Harland | Larry Grenadier

Chris Potter is one of the very few contemporary heavyweights in the big US tenor tradition. As a sax sideman...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013

Dave and Don Grusin: One Night Only!

Two super smooth bruvs in a rare piano duet live in Munich take to rather bland Fabulous Baker Boys barroom...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Dave McDonnell Group: The Time Inside a Year

On his debut for the cult Chicagoan label, the cutting edge alto saxophonist, in the company of locals Joshua Abrams,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016

Vloelmans/Weber: Live at the Concertgebouw

Recorded live in Holland, the Dutch trumpeter Eric Vloeimans is in intimate, melancholic mood here in duo with the German...

Reviewed by Seiwyn Harris in issue: September/2012

Kevin Hays/Lionel Loueke: Hope

Kevin Hays | Lionel Loueke

It's been quite a year for brilliant yet ubiquitous Benin-born guitarist Lionel Loueke. He's popped up on albums with the...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: October/2019