Fire!: Testament
Andreas Werliin | Johan Berthling | Mats Gustafsson
This Swedish trio follow free jazz’s concept of sometimes feral discord designed to touch jazz’s raw roots, sometimes reaching right...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: April/2024
Rodrigo y Gabriela: Area 52
This Mexican acoustic rock duo has gone from busking on the streets of Dublin to selling out cavernous venues everywhere...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2012
Ralph Alessi: Baida
Drew Gress | Jason Moran | Nasheet Waits | Ralph Alessi
On the back of a particularly fertile spell of activity including a recent duo recording with Fred Hersch, the San...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013
Album Interview: Michael Wollny: Nachtfahrten
Christian Weber | Eric Schaefer | Michael Wollny
With the release of Weltentraum last year it seemed clear that Michael Wollny, voted European Jazz Musician of the Year...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2015
Album Interview: The Two Minds Big Band: Dave O'Higgins and Peter Wraight
Well here’s a concept to tickle your imagination. O’Higgins and Wraight have known each other on and off for decades,...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2013
Tigran: Mockroot
You can't really put a label on what Tigran Hamasyan does. You can try, of course. You could certainly say...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2015
New Orleans Rhythm Kings: Complete Recordings 1922-1925
As a group of young white players who, in the 1920s, had decided to build their music around the example...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: March/2019
Fini Bearman: Porgy & Bess
Fini Bearman | John Blease | Jon Cox | Matt Calvert | Ross Stanley
Call it luck, call it happenstance, call it intuition, but just occasionally every element in a recording – the song...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2015
The Roger Beaujolais Italian Trio: Barba Lunga
Alessandro Pivi | Giacomo Dominici | Roger Beaujolais
Vibes player Roger Beaujolais now has a long beard and celebrates the fact in the title of his new album...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2019
Album Interview: Dan Berglund's Tonbruket: Nubium Swimtrip
Andreas Weliin | Dan Berglund | Johan Lindström | Martin Hederos
For their third album on the award-winning ACT label, Tonbruket, the Swedish collective formed by ex-EST bassist Dan Berglund, take...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013
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