Barry Green Trio: Almost There

Barry Green | Drew Gress | Tom Rainey

The pianist Barry Green has self-produced a handful of enterprising recordings for his Mole Tone label that are testament to...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2017

The Ronnie Scott Trio: On A Clear Day ‘Live’ 1974

Bobby Gein | Mike Carr | Ronnie Scott

Scott kept a trio going for a decade or so, at first with Tony Crombie on drums, later succeeded by...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Feb/2019

Jacob Anderskov: Spirit of the Hive

Anders Banke | Asger Thomsen | Calum Builder | Carolyn Goodwin | Francesco Bigoni | Halym Kim | Jacob Anderskov | Maria Dybbrae | Matthias Sigurdsson | Nils Davidsen

This LP from composer Anderskov, a project inspired by Maurice Maeterlinck’s classic 1901 essay La Vie des Abeille (The Life...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: March/2022

Peter Brötzmann/Heather Leigh/Fred Lonberg-Holm: Naked Nudes

Fred Lonberg-Holm | Heather Leigh | Peter Brötzmann

Saxophonist Peter Brötzmann has long enjoyed the possibilities afforded by configurations that sit well outside the boundaries of conventional jazz...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2023

Kjetil Mulelid Trio: And Now

Andreas Winther | Kjetil Mulelid | Rune Nergaard

This is the fourth album by Mulelid’s trio, the previous three albums on Rune Grammofon. Their debut from 2017, Not...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2025

Mikkel Ploug Trio: At Black Tornado

A Danish guitarist with a sound partly reminiscent of Mark Ribot, his country-blues-ish twang is written all over this likeable...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015

Louis Hayes: Serenade for Horace

Abraham Burton | David Bryant | Dezron Douglas | Gregory Porter | Josh Evans | Louis Hayes | Steve Nelson

Louis Hayes' Blue Note career began when he joined Horace Silver's quintet in 1956, aged 18. He went on to...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2017

Buddy Rich Orchestra: Just in Time: The Final Recording

Bob Bowlby | Buddy Rich | Cathy Rich | Chris Bacas | Dana Watson | Eric Miyashiro | Greg Gisbert | Jay Craig | Jim Martin | Kevin Richardson

Daughter Cathy Rich’s note reports that this session was recorded at Ronnie Scott’s in 1986 using the Rolling Stones’ mobile...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2020

Otis Sandsjö: Y-Otis 2

Dan Nicholls | Jonas Kullhammar | Lucy Railton | Otis Sandsjö | Per Johansson | Petter Eldh | Ruhi-Deniz Erdogan | Tilo Weber

In the arms of Otis Sandsjö the tenor saxophone is a many-splendored thing. His suck-blow-suck fluctuations that sensitively held Lucia...

Reviewed by Debra Richards in issue: July/2020

Gary Burton Quartet: In Concert

John Taylor | Norma Winstone

Today, Burton's persona as a distinguished former jazz educator and a master statesman of the vibes tends to overshadow his...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2019