Bruno Heinen Sextet: Tierkreis

Andrea Di Biase | Bruno Heinen | Fulvio Sigurta | James Allsopp | Jon Scott | Tom Challenger

The title Tierkreis comes from a piece Karlheinz Stockhausen wrote in 1974 based on the 12-tone system for 12 music...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2013

Louis Armstrong: Live in France

Louis Armstrong

This limited edition vinyl LP is a virtually identical issue to the first part of the CD Live In Europe...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2020

Full Blast: Risc

Marino Pliakas | Michael Wertmüller | Peter Brötzmann

If Peter Brötzmann has been showing something of a lyrical sweet-tooth in recent times – such as in his duet...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2016

John Coltrane: Blue World

Elvin Jones | Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner

One year on from the international success of Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album comes another ‘lost album, this...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2019

Next Collective: Coverart

With a guest appearance from Christian Scott, this is a label band that sounds half-baked in spite of it featuring...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2013

JD Allen: Lovestone

Gregg August | JD Allen | Liberty Ellman | Rudy Royston

This is JD's seventh album for Savant and, as on the previous release Radio Flyer, the trio has become a...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2018

The Whammies: Play The Music Of Steve Lacy Vol. 3 Live

Han Bennink | Jason Roebke | Jeb Bishop | Jorrit Dijkstra | Mary Oliver | Pandelis Karayorgis

It's a high point in any live recording featuring Han Bennink when the drummer starts to let out a whoop...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2015

Hallam/Roberts Jazz Five: Hallam/Roberts Jazz Five The Sunny Side of the Street

Amy Roberts | Graham Smith | Jim Swinnerton | John Hallam | Tom Kincaid

In the days when there were jazz clubs in the back rooms of pubs in most towns in the UK,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2013

Kevin Hays/Chiara Izzi: Across The Sea

Pianist Hays duets with the young Italian singer Chiara Izzi on a repertoire of standards and originals that's on the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2019

Chet Baker: The Thrill Is Gone

A good 3CD anthology of Baker's work, including a Mulligan reunion – the real Interest here being lesser-known mid- late...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016