Bugge Wesseltoft: Songs

Since winding-up his hugely successful New Conception of Jazz group a couple of years ago, Wesseltoft has been assiduously developing...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2015

Lee Konitz: Enfant Terribles

Bill Frisell | Gary Peacock | Joey Baron | Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz's search for fresh paths through the American songbook has been decidedly hit-and-miss on recent releases. This 2011 live...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2013

John Crawford: Times And Tides

Duncan Lamont | Guille Hill | John Crawford | Leonora Claps | Linley Weir | Richard Sadler | Shanti Paul Jayasinha | Simon Pearson

Crawford recently played Ronnie Scott's as part of their International Piano Trio series and styles himself on his website as...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2016

Jim Black Trio: The Constant

Elias Stemeseder | Jim Black | Thomas Morgan

In the liner notes, the drummer Jim Black gives the simple yet indirect answer of ‘I like songs’ to the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016

New Simplicity Trio: Common Spaces

Antonio Fusco | Bruno Heinen | Henrik Jensen

Formed in 2014, the moniker New Simplicity Trio is inspired by the breed of late 1970s German contemporary music composers...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017

Täpp Collective: i do what i like//i like what i do

Abbi Phillips | Alex Hill | Ayo Salawu | Contours | Delali and Chantelle Gabriella Jazz | Is Phi | Rebekah Reid | Rhodri Thomas

Täpp Collective’s debut album, i do what i like//i like what i do, is a voyage through an intriguing, otherworldly...

Reviewed by Christine Hannigan in issue: November/2021

Partisans: Swamp

Gene Calderazzo | Julian Siegel | Phil Robson | Thad Kelly

By treating us mean, those Partisans keep us keen: this is only their fifth album in 18 years and their...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2014

Dai Fujikura/Jan Bang: The Bowmaker

Arve Henrikson | Dai Fujikura | Eivind Aarset | Jan Bang | Kati Raitinen | Nils Petter Molvaer | Tamami Tono

Fujikura and Bang create sound worlds at once enigmatic yet strangely certain. ‘Nearly Invisible’, so appropriately titled, could be an...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2022

Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos: Jazz Composers Forum –

Alvaro pinto | Andre Fernandes | Andreia Santos | Daniel Dias | Demian Cabaud | Geoclãndio Monteiro | Gileno Santana | Goncalo Dias | Javier Pereiro | João Guimarães

Formed in 1999, Portugal's 17-piece jazz-world orchestra gets to grips with new pieces by a top-notch list of commissioned composers...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014

Liebman-Ineke-Laginha-Cavalli-Pinheiro: Is Seeing Believing?

Dave Liebman | Eric Ineke | Mário Laginka | Massimo Cavalli | Ricardo Pinheiro

Like an old seafarer in days of yore leaving a different girlfriend in every port, Liebman traverses the world in...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2016