Pablo Held: Embracing You

Renowned Cologne-based pianist fuses eerie Messiaen-ish sonics and warmer contemporary Euro jazz while adding other keyboard curios to an elegant,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Stefania DiPierro: Natural

Bari hipster Nicola Conte teams up with a Brazilian vocalist from their former cult Italian clubby 1990s jazz collective Fez,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2016

Phronesis: Life to Everything

Anton Eger | Ivo Neame | Jasper Høiby

Phronesis has been one of the bigger success stories in contemporary UK piano trio jazz of a type that's reaching...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2014

Tortusa: Bre

John Derek Bishop

Tortusa is essentially the project of one man, electronics wiz Bishop, who lives in Stavanger, Norway. For Bre, his second...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: July/2021

Aruán Ortiz & the Camerata Urbana Ensemble: Santiarican Blues Suite

For this classical-based chamber suite for octet, this pianist draws from the minutiae of pan-Cuban traditions and nineteenth century African...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2013

Jean Carne/Adrian Young & Ali Shaheed Muhammed: Jazz is Dead 12: Jean Carne

Adrian Younge | Ali Shaheed Muhammad | Jazmeen Hicks | Jean Carne | Mekala Session

Props to jazz-hip-hop-funksters Adrian Young and Ali Shaheed Muhammed and their Jazz is Dead label for reaffirming the 'international treasure'...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2022

Steiger: The New Lady Llama

Gilles Vandecaveye-Pinoy

It is difficult to pin this Belgian trio down, not least because this, their third album, reveals a strong shift...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: June/2021

Frank Harrison Trio: Lunaris

You might not expect a long-term ex-Gilad Atzmon sideman to go on to make airily reflective music, but this underrated...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014

Kandace Springs: Soul Eyes

Dan Lutz | Dean Parks | Kandace Springs | Vinnie Colaiuta

Seeing Kandace Springs perform at a lunchtime showcase at Pizza Express Jazz Club back in April, what particularly impressed was...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2016

Will Butterworth Trio: Live

Gerald Watkins | Jasen Weaver | Jason Marsalis | Oscar Rossignoli

The Edinburgh-born pianist has a solid classical educational background but is an autodidact in terms of jazz. He moved to...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020