Wolfgang Muthspiel: Rising Grace
Ambrose Akinmusire | Brad Mehldau | Brian Blade | Larry Grenadier | Wolfgang Muthspiel
Line-ups don't come much more star-studded than this one, but it remains a fact that such endeavours in jazz often...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017
Laila Biali
The Vancouver-born vocalist, pianist and songwriter Laila Biali serves up an impressive ACT debut with a combination of mellifluous vocals,...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2018
Tom Syson: Different Coloured Days
David Ferris | Jonathan Silk | Pete Hutchinson | Tom Barford | Tom Syson
Tom Syson, the trumpet lead in the Birmingham Jazz Orchestra, opened his account as leader in an assertive manner with...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2019
Henrik Jensen's Followed By Thirteen: Affinity
Esben Tjalve | Henrik Jensen | Pete Ibbetson | Rory Simmons
Affinity is the third album from Denmark-born London-based bassist Henrik Jensen and his quartet, Followed By Thirteen. It’s a pleasing...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: May/2020
Samuel Eagles Quartet: Next Beginning
Eric Ford | Ferg Ireland | Ralph Wyld | Samuel Eagles
The ‘F-IRE presents’ series is a nice way of getting to know some of the emerging talents associated with the...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Tom Ollendorff: A Song For You
Conor Chaplin | Marc Michel | Tom Ollendorff
When Jordi Pujol, the owner of the Barcelona-based Fresh Sound New Talent (FSNT) label, releases a debut album you sit...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2021
Ben Williams: State of Art
A bass-sideman for high profile mainstream US jazzers such as Terence Blanchard, Stefon Harris, Jacky Terrasson, and saxophonist Marcus Strickland...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2012
Out Of/Into: Motion 1
Gerald Clayton | Immanuel Wilkins | Joel Ross | Kendrick Scott | Matt Brewer
A modern-day equivalent of previous Blue Note all-stars projects, notably 2017’s Our Point Of View (Glasper, Akinmusire, Loueke, Scott, Hodge,...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2025
Zhenya Strigalev's Smiling Organizm: Robin Goodie
“Hi, my name is Robin Goodie,” alto saxophonist Zhenya Strigalev declares in the middle of the title track in a...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2015
Ben Van Gelder: Reprise
Ben Street | Ben Van Gelder | Craig Weinrib | Mark Turner | Peter Schlamb | Rick Rosato | Sam Harris
First things first: Dutch-born, New York-based saxophonist/composer Ben Van Gelder doesn't have a dad, uncle or granddad named Rudy who...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2014
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