Boreal Sun: Dawn

Billy Adamson | Christopher Hargreaves | Emma Rawicz | Gareth Lockrane | Jon Shenoy | Joshua Blackmore | Lewis Moody | Liselotte Östblom | Matt Roberts | Pedro Segundo

This project is the work of two high-flying educators and practitioners of modern music: pianist Roberts and singer Östblom, who...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: July/2024

David Ferris Septet: Sketches

Chris Young | David Ferris | Euan Palmer | Hugh Pascall | Nick Jurd | Peter Bernstein | Richard Foote | Vittorio Mura

Now based in London, Ferris hails originally from Cornwall via Birmingham (the latter also being the home of Stoney Lane...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: April/2025

Rahel Talts: New and Familiar

Donatas Petreikis | Egert Leinsaar | Ernesta Vauraitė | Jacob Djursaa | Jakob Sørensen | Jesper Lørup Christensen | Karmen Rõivassepp | Kasper Grøn | Linda-Anette Verte | Mads Haupt Clausen

This young Estonian pianist and composer is mostly based in Copenhagen these days, from whence she sallies forth on a...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: April/2025

Phil Merriman Trio: The Roots Beneath

John Williamson | Phil Merriman | Simon Roth

This is a collection of original tunes from London-based pianist Phil Merriman, whose bassist John Williamson also appears in this...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: September/2024

Various Artists: Chet Baker Re:imagined

Benny Sings | Delaney Bailey | dodie | Eloise | grentperez | Hohnen Ford | Ife Ogunjobi | Joel Culpepper | Matilda Mann | Matt Maltese

Recent ‘re-imagined’ releases (notably on Blue Note) might be seen as a reasonable compromise between recycling familiar – and therefore...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: May/2025

Hanging Hearts: Into a Myth

The Chicago-based Chris Weller is a saxophonist in his city's gutsy tenor mould and his trio collective pumps out a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017

Devin Gray: Dirigo Rataplan

The Brooklyn-based drummer's quartet features a few top dogs on the experimental downtown scene in Ellery Eskelin, Michael Formanek and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018

Brubeck Brothers Quartet: Timeline

In marking the 60th anniversary of their dad's momentous Cold War tour around the globe (the topic for a recent...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2018

Tony Bennett: The Beat of My Heart

It was a slightly bonkers idea, in 1957, to team Tony Bennett with various drummers from Jo Jones to Art...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2017

Helen Merrill: Four Classic Albums

Still with us at the time of writing (89 this month), this is Helen Merrill on peak form from 1954-59,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020