Helge Lien and Knut Hem: Villingsberg
Self-producing your own album can be a bit like being let loose in the chocolate factory. But once inside, which...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2022
Dr Lonnie Smith: All In My Mind
Alicia Olatuja | Dr Lonnie Smith | Joe Dyson | Jonathan Blake | Jonathan Kreisberg
One of the great Hammond organists in addition to the mighty Jimmys (Smith and McGriff), the Doctor made several essential...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2018
The Dudley Moore Trio: Today
Chris Karan | Dudley Moore | Peter Morgan
Ah, Cuddly Dudley, he sings, he swings and life is rich and fun and yet, and yet, and yet… tucked...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018
Stefano Battaglia Trio: In The Morning
Roberto Dani | Salvatore Maiore | Stefano Battaglia
“To me Alec Wilder represents the home of American music in the largest sense,” says Italian pianist Stefano Battaglia by...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2015
Zara McFarlane: Arise
Moses Boyd | Peter Edwards | Shabaka Hutchings | Zara McFarlane
Heavily inspired by a trip to Jamaica, home of her parents, this album marks another key stage in McFarlane's artistic...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2017
Dominic J Marshall & Friends: The Triolithic
Dominic J Marshall | Glenn Gaddum Jr | Jamie Peet | Lars Dietrich | Sam Gardner | Sam Vicary
Having studied jazz at Leeds College of Music, the 20-something Scottish-born pianist went on to the post-grad course at the...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017
Alexander Hawkins Trio With Neil Charles & Stephen Davis: Carnival Celestial
Alexander Hawkins | Neil Charles | Stephen Davis
Hawkins – who must now vie with Shabaka Hutchings as the most ubiquitously hard-working man on the UK jazz scene...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: July/2023
Empirical: Wonder is the Beginning
Alex Hitchcock | Jason Rebello | Lewis Wright | Nathaniel Facey | Shaney Forbes | Tom Farmer
Last year’s EP release Like Lambs was a nice reminder that the quartet Empirical are still going strong with their...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2024
Evelyn Glennie, Owen Gardner, John Edwards, Bex Burch: Tangled Goodbye
Bex Burch | Evelyn Glennie | John Edwards | Owen Gardner
Tangled Goodbye is the result of a residency held by percussionist Bex Burch at Cafe OTO in 2022, where she...
Reviewed by Gail Tasker in issue: December/2024
Album Interview: Avishai Cohen: Almah
Some crossover projects might lead you to the conclusion that jazz and classical are mutually disempowering: the constraints on the...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2014
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