Peace Flag Ensemble: Everything Is Possible

Dalton Lam | John Neher | Michael Scott Dawson | Mike Thievin | Paul Gutheil | Travis Packer

Opening your third album with a track entitled 'Paint Drying' is a hostage to fortune and, for the increasingly minimalist...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: March/2025

The Heliosonic Tone-tette: Heliosonic Toneways Vol. 1

Danny Ray Thompson | Frank Lacy | JD Parran | Marshall Allen | Matt Wison | Pat O'Leary | Philip Harper | Scott Robinson | Yosvany Terry

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of Sun Ra’s HeliocentricWorlds albums that were released on ESP-Disk’ in 1965,...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Denis Gäbel: The Good Spirits

Clarence Penn | Denis Gabel | Kevin Hays | Scott Colley

The German saxophonist's first album, 2007's Keep on Rollin', was a piano-free tribute to Sonny Rollins and his second, released...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: September/2018

Monocled Man: We Drift Meridian

Chris Montague | Ed Begley | Emilia Mårtensson | Jon Scott | Rory Simmons

Trumpeter Rory Simmons, a long standing member of the LOOP Collective and the Jamie Cullum band, has moved closer in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Gretchen Parlato: Live in NYC

Alan Hampton | Burniss Earl Travis II | Gretchen Parlato | Kendrick Scott | Mark Guiliana | Taylor Eigsti

Celebrating 10 years since her arrival in New York City, this live CD/DVD from vocalist Gretchen Parlato provides irrefutable proof...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2014

Joey Alexander : Origin

Chris Potter | Gilad Hekselman | Joey Alexander | Kendrick Scott | Larry Grenadier

Even when he was still in his early teens, Joey Alexander’s touch was delicate and mature, and he played with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2022

Rasmus Sørensen: Traits

Alexander Claffy | Francesco Ciniglio | Jon Henriksson | Kendrick Scott | Rasmus Sørensen

A simultaneous release of the 20-something Danish pianist Rasmus Sørensen’s debut Traits – originally issued as digital download exclusively in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2024

I Am Three: Mingus Mingus Mingus

Titled after Mingus' declaration at the beginning of his autobiography, this is a raw, blustery tribute to the great jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Henry Spencer: The Defector

Andrew Robb | Ant Law | David Ingamells | Henry Spencer | Matt Robinson

Henry Spencer has ploughed his own furrow, at once thoroughly connected with, and set apart from, the rest of the...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: October/2023

Jason Palmer: Places

Edward Perez | Godwin Louis | Jason Palmer | Kendrick Scott | Mark Turner | Mike Moreno

Danish label Steeplechase specialises in tightly arranged theme and variation mainstream releases that have something to say but rarely hit...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: September/2014