Oded Tzur: Isabela

Johnathan Blake | Nitai Hershkovits | Oded Tzur | Petros Klampanis

This is a bewitching session from the unique Tel Aviv-born improviser and composer Oded Tzur – a performer with a...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2022

Tessa Souter: Beyond The Blue

David Finck | Gary Versace | Joe Locke | Joel Frahm | Steve Kuhn | Tessa Souter

On her fourth CD, Beyond the Blue, her second for New York-based Motéma Music, vocalist Tessa Souter dips into...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2013

Matthew Stevens: Pittsburgh

Matthew Stevens

One pandemic bonus has been a rush of solo acoustic guitar recordings, not least from explorers like Gwenifer Raymond. Stevens...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2021

Billy Hawks: New Genius of the Blues and Heavy Soul

Two Prestige LPs of grits and gravy Hammond blues compiled back to back give a comprehensive account of this relatively...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2014

John Butcher: Nigemizu

One of the UK's most widely hailed British free improv saxophonists releases his fi rst solo CD since 2001; recorded...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2015

Kenny Warren: In the Heat

Kenny Warren | Mathias Pichler | Nathan Ellman-Bell

Kenny Warren's puckish phrasing and brittle tone place him in a lineage that begins with Don Cherry. This album is...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2020

Various Artists: Live At The Spotted Dog

Ben Lee | Jonathan Silk's | Sean Gibb's | Stan Sulzmann

“In a sense, variety itself is the key characteristic of the Birmingham scene,” says leading Birmingham jazz impresario Tony Dudley-Evans...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2018

Kirk Knuffke: Witness

This Colorado-born cornetist’s chamber-jazz quartet features a classical baritone vocalist, Steven Herring, and does a decent job of bringing cohesion...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2019

Vic Juris: Two Guitars

Juris plays acoustic and electric. His singer-songwriter sensibilities, as well as solid jazz credentials, ensure a warmly consummate contemporary swinging...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2019

Mark Soskin: Ballad for a Rainy Afternoon

The New York-born Soskin, a former pianist for none other than Sonny Rollins for over a decade, plays with an...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2021