Corey Mwamba/Dave Kane/Joshua Blackmore: Don't Overthink It

Corey Mwamba | Dave Kane | Joshua Blackmore

This trio of British forward-thinkers has already made several albums' worth of live gig recordings available (much of it for...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2013

Bugge Wesseltoft: Somewhere In between

Bugge Wesseltoft | Dan Berglund | Dhafer Youssef | Erik Truffaz | Håkon Kornstad | Joshua Redman | Mari Bone | Sidsel Endresen

When Bugge Wesseltoft was at the forefront of the ‘Nu-Jazz’ craze that swept Europe in the late 1990s and early...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2017

Tigran Hamasyan: StandArt

Ambrose Akinmusire | Joshua Joshua Redman | Justin Brown | Mark Turner | Matt Brewer | Tigran Hamasyan

The LA-based, Armenian pianist-composer Tigran Hamasyan continues to break new ground with his acoustic piano trio’s outside-the-box interpretations of Broadway-to-bebop...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2022

Kjetil Møster/Jeff Parker/Joshua Abrams/John Herndon: Ran Do

Jeff Parker | John Herndon | Joshua Abrams | Kjetil Møster

Norwegian saxophonist Kjetil Møster has, over the last few years, lurked most conspicuously in heavily prog-infested waters, whether with Hungarian...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2018

Joshua Cavanagh-Brierley: Joy In Bewilderment

Alan Taylor | Anthony Brown | Caoilfhionn Rose Birley | Chris Potter | Craig Hanson | Daniel Brew | Daniel Wellens | Ellie Whitley | Gavin Hibberd | Grant Kershaw

Joshua Cavanagh-Brierley is certainly not short on ambition: as well as procuring the services of saxophone legend Chris Potter for...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: August/2021

Ben Goldberg: Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues

Ben Goldberg | Ches Smith | Devin Hoff | Joshua Redman | Ron Miles | Scott Amendola

This is the elder sister title to the newly recorded Unfold Ordinary Mind by the clarinet specialistBen Goldberg. Simultaneously released,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2013

Jan Prax Quartet: Keepin' A Style Alive

Part of this prominent Euro jazz label's ‘Young German Jazz’ series, this is one of the better showcases of young...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2015

Beady Belle: On My Own

Anja Martime Mørk | Audun Sandvik | Beady Belle | Bugge Wesseltoft | Fran Cathcart | Gregory Hutchinson | Joshua Redman | Mathias Eick | Reuben Rogers | Torun Eriksen

Beady Belle – a collaboration between vocalist Beate Lech and bassist and future husband Marius Reksjø – made their Jazzland...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Joshua Jaswon Octet: Polar Waters

Aarón Castrillo | Andrej Ugoljew | Anna Serierse | Jan Kaiser | Johannes Mann | Joshua Jaswon | Marc Doffey | Sidney Werner

It’s refreshing to hear this band, led by British-born, Berlin-based Jaswon, that has both created a very distinct and individual...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2023

Various Artists: Relief: A Benefit for the Jazz Foundation of America’s Musician’s Emergency Fund

Hiromi | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Charles Lloyd | Christian McBride | Esperanza Spalding | Herbie Hancock | Jon Batiste | Joshua Redman | Kenny Garrett | Kindred Spirits

In March 2020, a consortium of record labels – Blue Note, Concord Music Group, Mack Avenue Music Group, Nonesuch Records,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2021