Ergo: If Not Inertia

Brett Sroka | Mary Halvorson | Sam Harris | Sebastian Kruger | Shawn Baltazor

Trombonist Brett Sroka may be an Ellington freak but he is also a film composer and a member of psych...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: June/2012

Joshua Redman Quartet: Long Gone

Brad Mehldau | Brian Blade | Christian McBride | Joshua Redman

This November's EFG London Jazz Festival reunion of saxophone star Joshua Redman's quartet featuring three of the classiest sidekicks in...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2022

Maraton

Christian Haase | Jonathan Ludvigsen | Lasse Sonne | Maria Dybbroe

At this stage, it’s difficult to pinpoint who was the first person to propose the idea of music conceived as...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2021

Oscar Jerome: Breathe Deep

As a graduate from Trinity and the hip young South-east London scene, the Gil Scott-Heron-influenced young singer-songwriter-guitarist from up-and-coming Afrobeat...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Tony-Joe Bucklash

Dominic Lash | Joe Morris | Tony Bevan | Tony Buck

It's tempting (and not entirely inaccurate) to call Tony-Joe Bucklash a transcontinental supergroup of 21st century avant garde music. Brits...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2012

Daniel Hersog Jazz Orchestra: Open Spaces (Folk Songs Reimagined)

Andrew Porrier | Ben Henriques | Ben Kono | Brad Turner | Dan Weiss | Daniel Hersog | Derry Byrne | Frank Carlberg | Jeremy Berkman | Jim Hopson

This is an unusual project by Hersog, a Canadian trumpeter, composer and arranger who is also that rarity, the leader...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: August/2023

Eric Bibb: Dear America

Andre De Lang | Big Daddy Wilson | Billy branch | Christer Vandola | Chuck Campbell | Eric Bibb | Eric Galesk | Glen Scott | Lisa Mills | Ron Carter

Eric Bibb’s Godfather, Paul Robeson, would say ‘As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2021

Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band: Now Hear Our Meanin' – The Complete 1963 Recordings

Åke Persson | Benny Bailey | Billy Mitchell | Carl Drevo | Derek Humble | Erich Kleinschuster | Fats Sadi | Francy Boland | Idrees Sulieman | Jimmy Deuchar

Although the CD liner notes do not say, this collection brings together all the material released on the KCFBBB's second...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2014

Niescier/Jensson/McLemore: Broken Cycle

Scott McLemore is a drummer whose just released a top notch recording with Icelandic pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs on the same...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Various Artists: The Complete History of Jazz 1899-1959

Across 89 tracks and four CDs there’s nothing inessential here, and from Scott Joplin and the ODJB to Miles. Mingus...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2018