Sarah L King: Fire Horse

Chris Trave | Claire Martin | Ian Shaw | Ian Thomas | James McMillan | Jeremy Brown | Jim Watson | Laurence Cottle | Sarah L King

Expertly produced by Claire Martin and beautifully recorded by Chris Traves at Soup To Nuts Studios, London, and in part...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2024

Pat Thomas: The Solar Model of Ibn Al-Shatir

Pat Thomas

These new releases from Cafe OTO’s in-house label showcase two pianists who have proven firm favourites as performers at the...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: December/2024

Steve Khan: Parting Shot

Andres Beeuwsaert | Anthony Jackson | Bobby Allende | Dennis Chambers | Manolo Badrena | Marc Quinones | Rob Mounsey | Steve Khan | Tatiana Parra

It's taken the best part of 40 years but Khan has finally got around to recording a full-on Latin influenced...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2011

Olivia Murphy: Moonrise

Becca Wilkins | Olivia Murphy | Olly Chalk

For those who only know Murphy from the big-souled sweep of her orchestra (watch out for the EP coming soon!),...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2022

Pete Brown and Phil Ryan with Psoulchedelia: Perils Of Wisdom

Alan Weekes | Annie Whitehead | Helen Hardy | Jeff Allen | John Mackenzie | Lee Goodall | Nixon Rosembert | Pete Brown | Phil Ryan | Rietta Austin

Things may come and things may go, but Brown will remain a legend for his superb lyrics, and, if nowt...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2014

Ed Neumeister Quartet: What Have I Done?

Drew Gress | Ed Neumeister | Gary Versace | Tom Rainey

In the often captivating mix of idiosyncrasy and elegance of this intriguing set, the American trombonist, composer and educator Ed...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Boyd Raeburn: The Boyd Raeburn Collection 1944-48

The work of this big band, one of the most unusual and innovative of the 1940s, has long been hard...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Anne Mette Iversen: Round Trip

A Danish double bassist releases two albums that have a cool-toned contrapuntal, bop-ish understatement, though the first, Round Trip, is...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2017

Hakon Storm: Zinober

Norwegian guitarist goes solo on a specialist selection of acoustic and electric crossing fusion, classical and Mediterranean moods....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012

Blicher Hemmer Gadd: Omara

Saxophonist Michael Blicher is joined by über-session drummer Steve Gadd and long-time associate Dan Hemmer on organ for a fairly...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2018