Jesse Stacken: Bagatelles for trio

Eivind Opsvik | Jeff Davis | Jesse Stacken

There are a great many fine piano trios around. Just this year alone releases by the Ahmad Jamal trio, a...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: September/2012

Jaimie Branch: Fly Or Die

Ben Lamar | Chad Taylor | Jaimie Branch | Jason Ajemian | Josh Berman | Matt Schneider | Tomeka Reid

Though not particularly well known in Britain, Branch has been making steady progress on the NYC and Chicago scenes for...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2017

Buddy Greco: Live At The Sands

Buddy Greco

Recorded at the height of his career in 1967, this previously unreleased live performance by the veteran singer and pianist...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Led: The Ocean

Inspired by rediscovering the improv on his old Zep LPs, Swedish drummer Peter Danemo convincingly adapts the songs in an...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2012

Paul Van Kemenade: Kaisei

An expressive, diverse and perhaps surprisingly heartfelt outing for Dutch saxophonist Paul Van Kemenade in a trio with Aki Takase...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2012

Michael Garrick Sextet: A New Serious Music

Art Themen | Coleridge Goode | Don Rendell | Henry Lowther | Ian Carr | Jeremy Robson | Jimmy Philip | John Smith | Michael Garrick | Norma Winstone

A game of two halves, with points of interest in both, but very unalike in production and atmosphere. The separate...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2021

Nils Wülker and Münchner Rundunkorchester: Continuum

Jan Miserre | Matthias Meusel | Münchner Rundfunkorchester | Nils Wülker | Patrick Hahn | Sven Faller

The ‘Young Man with the Horn’ image has been around for some time as a major label marketing ploy and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2022

Klemens Marktl Sextet: December

Aaron Goldberg | Harish Raghavan | Joe Locke | John Ellis | Klemens Marktl | Seamus Blake

Austrian drummer Marktl has assembled a cast of New York heavyweights for this nicely-balanced set of 10 originals. The strong...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2016

Branco Stoysin: Alone

The Serbian-born acoustic guitarist demonstrates a calm authority throughout his warm Brazilian and East European-influenced mainstream originals....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2013

Benny Carter-Earl Hines Quartet: Swingin' The 20s

Elegance and invention in equal measure from two swing stars revisiting classic repertoire, plus they accompany a set from singer...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2012