Chad Lefkowitz-Brown: Onward

Having had diverse tour experience with the likes of Dave Brubeck and, er, Taylor Swift, the 27-year-old New Yorker proves...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017

Ray Charles: Genius + Jazz = Soul/Genius of Ray Charles

Two classic albums originally on Impulse! and Atlantic that put Ray with members of the Basie and Ellington bands with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2015

Daniel Rosenboom's: Book of Omens

Trumpeter Rosenboom's apocalyptic suite has a experimental prog rock dimension as well as a noir-ish noughties Dave Douglas-infl uenced sound...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Jeff Reid: Look For The Light

Electric bassist Reed's quintet debut (with bass clarinettist Todd Marcus and trumpeter Sean Jones) has a straightahead, post-fusion kick that...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Phil Haynes: No Fast Food

A McDonalds-free 2-CD live session served up by a versatile percussionist's trio with big guns for company, in Dave Liebman...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Sultan Stevenson: Faithful One

Denys Baptiste | Jacob Gryn | Joel Waters | Josh Short | Sultan Stevenson

Young Sultan Stevenson, the latest Tomorrow's Warriors alumnus to emerge blinking into the daylight, wants us to listen to his...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: May/2023

Ed Motta: Behind the Tea Chronicles

Alberto Continentino | Czech FILMharmonic Orchestra | Ed Motta | João Oliveira | Michel Limma | Paulette McWilliams | Phillip Ingram | Sergio Mello

In his native Brazil, the singer and multi-instrumentalist Ed Motta is known as a rock and soul artist, but with...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: December/January/2023/2024

Charlie Pyne: Nature is a Mother

Charlie Pyne | Katie Patterson | Liam Dunachie | Luke Pinkstone

Singing female double bass players? Hmmm… well, there’s Esperanza, and, er… oh yes! - Charlie Pyne from North London. Forgive...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: May/2024

WorldService Project: Live from London

Conor Chaplin | Dave Morecroft | Ellen Andrea Wang | Erik Nerheim | Kristian Harnes | Kurt Andre Aase | Neil Blandford | Ole Adland | Ralph Clarkson | Tim Ower

Led by keyboardist Dave Morecroft, London-based quintet WorldService Project are engaged in an ambitious quest to connect with like-minded fellow...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2012

WorldService Project/Alfie Ryner: Match & Fuse

Colm O'Hara | Conor Chaplin | Dave Morecroft | Derek Whyte | Gerald Gimenez | Guillaume Gendre | Guillaume Pique | Loris Pertoldi | Matt Jacobson | Neil Blandford

Led by keyboardist Dave Morecroft, London-based quintet WorldService Project are engaged in an ambitious quest to connect with like-minded fellow...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2012