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

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

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

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

Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet: Warm Up: The Complete Live At The Highwayman 1965

Dave Green | Don Rendell | Ian Carr | Michael Garrick | Trevor Tomkins

A smiling Don Rendell gazes approvingly at a bearded Ian Carr, assiduously pressing the valve keys on his glistening flugelhorn...

Reviewed by Chris Welch in issue: March/2023

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

Allan Holdsworth: Flat Tire: Music For A Non-existent Movie

Allan Holdsworth | Dave Carpenter

Like Jack Bruce’s Fairlight release, or Gary Husband’s black box tour recordings, every artist has his shadowy solo corner where...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2013

Dave Torn/Tim Berne/Ches Smith: Sun of Goldfinger

Ches Smith | Craig Taborn | David Torn | Mike Baggetta | Ryan Ferreira | Tim Berne

Put the cat out, loosen the trousers, pour a long one, shut your eyes and when you come round in...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2019

Colosseum: Those Who Are About to Die Salute You

Dave Clempson | Dave Greenslade | Dick Heckstall-Smith | James Litherland | Jim Roche | Jon Hiseman | Tony Reeves

Well, these recordings didn't die, did they, so all we can do is salute them, even if they've been reissued...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2017