Romain Collin: Press Enter
Born in France but based in New York, to which he moved after graduating from the Berklee College of Music...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2015
Cartoon: Change of Meaning
Chris Biscoe | John Pope | Roger Turner
Cartoon is a UK-based trio made up of the versatile multi-reeds veteran Chris Biscoe, an underappreciated player best known for...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2019
Thumbscrew: Convallaria
Mary Halvorson | Michael Formanek | Tomas Fujiwara
Formanek fans may well observe that this trio is a vital cog in the engine of the double bassist's sumptuous...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2016
Noah Preminger: Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground
Ian Froman | Jason Palmer | Kim Cass | Noah Preminger
Southern Blues devotees will recognise the title of the Blind Willie Johnson masterpiece, and if that whets the appetite then...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2016
Lighthouse Trio: Lighthouse
Asaf Sirkis | Mark Wingfield | Markus Reuter
From the hand-stopped inside piano ostinato and urban percussion opening of the first cut ‘Space Junk’, it is evident that...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2018
Christoph Stiefel & Inner Language Trio: Big Ship
Arne Huber | Christoph Stiefel | Kevin Chesham
Having made a name on the Swiss jazz scene, the fiftysomething Zurich-born pianist and composer Christoph Stiefel looked to make...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014
David Murray Infinity Quartet: Be My Monster Love
A new Murray quartet is always something of an event given the illustrious nature of the precedents, and this latest...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2013
The Gascoyne/O'Higgins Quartet: Got The Real Note
Dave O'Higgins | Geoff Gascoyne | Graham Harvey | Sebastiaan de Krom | Sebastiaan De Krom
Of course you’ve got to check out the bright young things, but if ever there was a band to default...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2013
Grover Washington Jnr: Grover Live
Recorded just two years before his untimely death this concert fully illustrates why Gil Scott-Heron felt the need to name...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2017
Steve Lacy Five: Blinks… Zurich Live 1983
Irène Aebi | Jean-Jacques Avenel | Oliver Johnson | Steve Lacy | Steve Potts
Save for the omission of pianist Bobby Few, this band is essentially the Steve Lacy Sextet, with whom the saxophonist...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2011
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