Gilad Atzmon and The Orient House Ensemble: Songs Of The Metropolis

Eddie Hick | Frank Harrison | Gilad Atzmon | Yaron Stavi

As Atzmon rightly reminds us, The Orient House Ensemble has kicked around longer than any other band of its kind...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2013

Bevan/Bourne/Buck/Phillips: Everybody Else But Me

Barre Phillips | Matthew Bourne | Tony Bevan | Tony Buck

The motley crew (not Crüe) responsible for this disc stretch from Bourne, the English pianist and composer born in 1977,...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: March/2012

Matters Unknown: We Aren't Just

Alec Hewes | Jansen Santana | Jonny Enser | Lyle Barton | Matt Davies | Mohamed Gueye | Nick Richards | Olivia Bhattacharjee | Rosie Turton | Tom Excell

Multi-instrumentalist Jonny Enser (aka MatterS Unknown) is best known for contributing to afro-funk group Nubiyan Twist's trademark, horn-heavy sound. We...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Bill Frisell Quartet: Four

Bill Frisell | Gerald Clayton | Greg Tardy | Johnathan Blake

With a lineup joining the Coltraneish postbop conceptions of experienced tenorist and clarinetist Greg Tardy, and the lyrical yet always...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2022

Tom Smith's Gecko: Gecko

Jonny Mansfield | Tom Smith | Will Barry

On their debut album Gecko, the saxophonist-composer Tom Smith and his trio sound like old hands at the kind of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2021

Bill Evans Trio: The Village Vanguard Sessions

Bill Evans | Paul Motian | Scott Lafaro | Scott LaFaro

This is getting confusing, especially for the poor customer. As far back as April this year (Jazzwise 163), the classic...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2012

Dee Dee Bridgewater: Just Family

A seminal Bridgewater album, with backing vocals and strings, but with producer Stanley Clarke and friends ensuring that the ‘family’...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2015

Roan Kearsey-Lawson: Classical Conversations

The Gillingham-based tuned percussionist's sonically atmospheric chamber trio (featuring multireedist Duncan Lamont Jr and guitarist Dominic Ashworth) offers a tidy...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2015

Sara Serpa: Close Up

The wordless latin-jazz inflected Portuguese singer and improviser has a new quality trio (with saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and cellist Erik...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2018

Matt Gold: Imagined Sky

This Chicago-based guitar trio (plus guest vocalists on a few tracks including Sara Serpa) have an engaging sound, and wield...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2020