Living In Shadows
Andy Champion | Emma Fisk | George Milburn | Graeme Wilson | Mark Williams | Paul Edis | Zoë Gilby
Four years in the making, this eight-track album from the husband and wife pairing of award-winning vocalist Zoë Gilby and...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2021
Patrick Cornelius’ Acadia: Way of the Cairns
Kristjan Randalu | Michael Janisch | Patrick Cornelius | Paul Wiltgen
Acadia is a reincarnation of Patrick Cornelius' co-ledTransAtlanticquartet that toured prolifically from 2006-9 and released an eponymous album along the...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: December/2020
McCoy Tyner: Inception + Reaching Fourth
Art Davis | Elvin Jones | Henry Grimes | McCoy Tyner | Roy Haynes | Steve Davis
Although Inception and Reaching Fourth – both from 1962 – are usually cited as the first and second albums Tyner...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2013
Ragnar Johnson: Crying Bamboos: Ceremonial Flute Music From New Guinea Madang
Bahsim | Donald | Gombreh | Mahweh | Marabung | Saweh | Sonung | Tangai | Vagh
Captured in 1979 by musicologist Ragnar Johnson while visiting rural villages in Papua New Guinea, these recordings document the sound...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2018
Hal McIntyre & His Orchestra: Sentimental Journey – The Singles Collection 1942-48
Star alto-saxophonist McIntyre was a founder member of the popular Glenn Miller band and did well. So much so, that...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2022
Elliot Galvin: Modern Times
Corrie Dick | Elliot Galvin | Tom McCredie
The 28-year-old award-winning pianist Elliot Galvin switches to a stripped-down, purely acoustic model for Modern Times, his fourth piano trio...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2019
Julie Tippetts and Martin Archer: Illusion
It’s been six difficult years since 2015’s Vestigium, the last recording from the long-established collaboration of vocalist/songwriter Julie Tippetts and...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: June/2022
John Surman: Invisible Threads
John Surman | Nelson Ayres | Rob Waring
The great Devon-born saxophonist John Surman is someone who tends to favour the familiarity and intimacy of long-term collaborations. This...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2018
Brad Mehldau: Jacob’s Ladder
By now readers should have become well-acquainted with Brad Mehldau’s radical departures from the art of contemporary acoustic piano trio...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2022
Nick Walters: Active Imagination
London-based trumpeter Nick Walters is an excellent player with a distinctive sound. I particularly like the way he varies his...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: March/2020
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