Joel Harrison 5: Spirit House
Brian Blade | Cuong Vu | Joel Harrison | Kermit Driscoll | Paul Hanson
Despite 2014’s Mother Stump yielding decidedly mixed results, its inspired arrangement of Paul Motian's ‘Folk Song For Rosie’ showed off...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: October/2015
Mike Longo: Step on It
Bob Cranshaw | Lewis Nash | Mike Longo
Pianist Mike Longo has been around the block more than a few times. The last time I saw him was...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: May/2014
Ohisashiburi: Reimagining The Beatles
Fabio Accardi | Gaetano Partipilo | Giuseppe Bassi | Jonathan Gee
For what it's worth (and that's really either next to nothing or absolutely nothing at all), I should confess that...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2021
Chris Allard: Melodic Collective
Chris Allard | John Turville | Oli Hayhurst | Robbie Robson | Will Glaser
The clue's in the band's title as Allard releases another sophisticated, swinging and most importantly, melody-filled collection of largely his...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2023
Atlantic Road Trip: ONE
Alyn Cosker | Chad McCullough | Conor Murray | Miro Herak | Paul Towndrow
The link between US trumpeter McCullough and Scottish saxophonist Towndrow is Slovakian vibraphonist Herak, who had met and played with...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2024
Aki Takase Japanic: Thema Prima
Aki Takase | Dag Magnus Narvesen | Daniel Erdmann | DJ Illvibe | Johannes Fink
A long-time Berlin resident, the pianist-composer Aki Takase went into a Budapest recording studio with new band Japanic for her...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2019
Adam Palma: Meets Chopin
By the age of 39, Frédéric Chopin was dead, but he left behind a remarkable legacy of compositions for solo...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2020
Rick Simpson: Everything All Of The Time: Kid A Revisited
Dave Whitford | James Allsop | Rick Simpson | Tori Freestone | Will Glaser
On Everything All Of The Time: Kid A Revisited, London-based pianist Rick Simpson (a member of bassist Michael Janisch's band...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: November/2020
Tied & Tickled Trio feat Billy Hart: La Place Demon
Billy Hart | Markus Archer | Micha Acher
By no means as well known as they should be, Tied & Tickled Trio has a proven skill in combining...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2012
Nikki Yeoh: Solo Gemini
Circumstances knocked Yeoh off-course in 2004, when her son's difficult birth and its aftermath interrupted a diverse and prolific career....
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2016
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