Miroslav Vitous: Magical Shepherd

Airto Moreira | Cheryl Grainger | Herbie Hancock | Jack DeJohnette | Jack Dejohnette | James Gadson | Miroslav Vitous | Onike

It's intriguing to compare Vitous' solo effort with Pastorious' Word Of Mouth, recorded barely five years later. The former was...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2014

Ester Wiesnerová: Blue Journal

Charles Overton | Ester Wiesnerová | Kan Yanabe | Michael Šelep | Sam Knight

This debut CD from Slovakian singer, songwriter and arranger Ester Wiesnerová introduces an exciting new voice in European jazz. Inheriting...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2022

Florian Hoefner Group: Falling Up

A multi-cultural New York-based post-bop quartet led by a Bavarianborn pianist-composer drawing upon a wide range of infl uences from...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Jerry Bergonzi: Spotlight On Standards

Andrea Michelutti | Jerry Bergonzi | Renato Chicco

The standards put under the Jerry Bergonzi spotlight vary from American songbook warhorses like ‘Witchcraft’ and ‘Stella By Starlight’ to...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2017

John Surman: Saltash Bells

Lorenzo Feliciati

This is John Surman's first solo ‘solo’ record in 18 years and the seventh in a sequence that began in...

Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: June/2012

Andrew Cyrille Quartet: The News

David Virelles | Andrew Cyrille | Ben Street | Bill Frisell

This album challenges perceptions and assumptions in many ways. Drummer-composer Andrew Cyrille may be seen first and foremost as an...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2021

Johannes Berauer: The Vienna Chamber Diaries

With Gwilym Simcock on piano (label owner Wolfgang Muthspiel is on guitar) and the jazzy nature of the chamber ensemble...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013

Pat Metheny: From This Place

Antonio Sanchez | Gregoire Maret | Gwilym Simcock | Hollywood Studio Symphony | Joel McNeely | Linda Oh | Luis Conte | Meshell Ndegeocello | Pat Metheny

Metheny’s first album of new material since 2014’s Kin (Nonesuch), From This Place is for my money the guitarist/composer/bandleader’s finest...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2020

Esperanza Spalding: 12 Little Spells

Aaron Burnett | Burniss Travis | Esperanza Spading | Justin Tyson | Matthew Stevens

Previously available solely to stream and now receiving a physical release on both CD and LP – and featuring an...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2019

Aki Takase: The First Years In Europe

Aki Takase | Eiichi Hayashi | Hiroaki Katayama | Hiroshi Itaya | Issei Igarashi | Maria João | Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | Nobuyoshi Ino | Rudi Mahall | Shoto Koyama

This box set retrospective of recordings from Japanese pianist and composer Aki Takase spans the years when she was working...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: October/2015