Various Artists: Americans in Europe

This overlaps somewhat with the Retrieval issue of a similar title reviewed in August, but also has some rare sides...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2012

Outhouse Ruhabi: Live at Café Oto/24.10.09

Baboucar Camara | Biran Saine | Dave Smith | Johnny Brierley | Kaw Secka | Laity Fye | Mam Biran Saine | Robin Fincker | Tom Challenger

The Loop Collective's mini recording label specializes in budget releases with limited runs, the CDs housed in attractive punky DIY...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2010

Michelle Lordi: Two Moons

Caleb Curtis | Eric Revis | Matthew Parrish | Michelle Lordi | Nasheet Waits | Orrin Evans

Michelle Lordi, who hails from Philadelphia, has taken the slightly unusual step of recording a jazz concept album. And what...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: February/2024

Ian Shaw: Greek Street Friday

Alex Haines | Conor Chaplin | David Preston | Iain Ballamy | Ian Shaw | Ian Thomas | Jamie Safir | Matt Kent | Polly Gibbons

Now in his sixties, Ian Shaw has enjoyed an extraordinary career: a witty and charismatic singer, he long ago took...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: October/2023

David Chesky/The New Latin Trio: The New York Descargas

David Chesky | Giovanni Hidalgo | John Benitez

A descarga, in case you didn’t know, is an improvisation based on Cuban music themes, primarily son montuno, but also...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: May/2024

Matt Slocum: Lion Dance

Larry Grenadier | Matt Slocum | Walter Smith III

You've got to admire the self-confidence of musicians who, after a single rehearsal, go into the studio and lay all...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: December/2024

According To The Sound: Pitch

Adam Parry-Davies | Alex Hutchings | David Adewumi | Gary Alesbrook | James Carter | James Morton | Jared Schonig | Jim Barr | Justin Brown | Kaisa Mäensivu

Although for obvious reasons remote recording took off during the pandemic, it is thankfully no longer the only option. But...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: July/2024

Maria Grapsa Sextet: Life

Becca Wilkins | Emma Rawicz | James Owston | Kai Chareunsy | Liam Brennan | Maria Grapsa | Matthew Kilner | Tom Pountney | Tommy Fuller | Torin Davies

With a solid grounding in such contemporary ensembles as Tomorrow’s Warriors Female Frontline, Colectiva and the Nu Civilisation Orchestra, and...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: March/2024

Leif Maine and Jackson Mathod: Volte-Face

Ajene James Davis | Christopher Summer | Jackson Mathod | Thomas Leif Maine

Volte-Face is the sound of Tulse Hill, South London - very 2020s, drifting, ambient, the shape of its compositions often...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: November/2024

Red Mitchell/Harold Land Quintet: Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

The Atlantic reissue programme contains some real gems, and this set with the two principals paced by the energetic and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2014