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

Larry Goldings Trio: I Will

Christian Euman | Karl McComas-Reichl | Larry Goldings

Many Jazzwise readers will be familiar with Larry Goldings as one of the leading Hammond organ players in jazz. But...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2025

Tubby Hayes: The Complete Tempo Recordings 1955-59

Alan Branscombe | Bill Eyden | Bobby Breen | Dave Usden | Dickie Hawdon | Harry Klein | Harry South | Ian Hamer | Jack Fallon | Jackie Sharpe

Although during his teens Edward Brian (Tubby) Hayes had briefly made his presence heard on recordings by Kenny Baker (1951),...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2013

Ed Motta: Criterion of the Senses

A Gilles Peterson favourite, this Brazilian vocalist and analogue keyboard specialist has under his belt a few hip recordings on...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Victor Feldman: Four Classic Albums

Victor Feldman

There was a time when the British music press, principally the Melody Maker, were full of the exploits of local...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2021

Bill Evans Trio: Explorations

Bill Evans | Paul Motian | Scott LaFaro

The second – and final – studio album recorded by the classic Evans/LaFaro/Motian trio, the aptly-named Explorationsis here presented as...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: March/2025

Wolfgang Muthspiel: Dance of the Elders

Brian Blade | Scott Colley | Wolfgang Muthspiel

Nine years after his ECM debut Driftwood, Muthspiel may consider himself one of the ‘elders’ in the title of his...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2023

Fabian Almazan Trio: Personalities

Fabian Almazan | Henry Cole | Karen Walluch | Linda Oh | Meg Okura | Megan Gould | Noah Hatfield

One of the best ways to succeed in music today, it seems, is to be associated with trumpeter/composer Terence Blanchard....

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2012

Steve Davis: Bluesthetic

Christian McBride | Geoff Keezer | Peter Bernstein | Steve Davis | Steve Nelson | Willie Jones III

It’s 24 years since trombonist Steve Davis last recorded with the front line of Steve Nelson and Peter Bernstein, on...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2022

Wolf & Clark: Expedition 2

Christian McBride | Darryl Johns | Hailey Niswanger | Michael Wolff | Mike Clark | Wallace Roney

The Wolf/Clark nexus is the heart of this album, as the splendidly energetic opening duet of ‘Clark Bar’ attests. ‘Gingerbread...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2015