Scott Hamilton: Live in Barcelona

Esteve Pi | Gerard Nieto | Ignasi Gonzalez | Scott Hamilton

Hamilton was in Barcelona for a couple of nights in December 2010 and this Spanish issue selects the best of...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2016

Tim Berne/Matt Mitchell: Angel Dusk

Matt Mitchell | Tim Berne

The pianist Matt Mitchell, one of the go-to NY-based improv scene all-rounders, is Berne's closest collaborator of recent years. Besides...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2018

Bugge Wesseltoft: Am Are

Arild Andersen | Bugge Wesseltoft | Elias Tafjord | Gard Nilssen | Jens Mikkel Madsen | Jon Christensen | Martin Myhre Olsen | Oddrun Lilja | Øyunn | Rohey Taalah

A very well-conceived and curated album project that brings together Wesseltoft’s collaborations with a variety of experimental trio combinations, plus...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2025

Various Artists: J-Jazz Deep: Modern Jazz From Japan 1969-1984

An intelligently selected primer of what was going on in Japan in a formative period for the nation's jazz, this...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2018

Ellen Edwards: A New York Session

MOR singer-songwriter presents an instantly forgettable package – more EP than album – of her own material with New York...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2020

Geoff Warren: Flute Fables

English world-jazz musician Geoff Warren, a musician who started his career with Graham Collier, goes from freewheeling improv solo to...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2011

Sphere: The Complete Live at Umbria Jazz

Ben Riley | Buster Williams | Charlie Rouse | Kenny Barron

Although as their name suggests Sphere, were formed with more than a nod to Thelonious Monk, (Rouse and Riley having...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2025

Jason Seizer: Cinema Paradiso

This German pianist goes to Hollywood with Enrico Morricone, Leonard Bernstein through to Alexandre Desplat among the composers given the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2015

Dave Young/Terry Promane: Octet Vol. 2

This cool-school Canadian octet, led by experienced bassist Dave Young and trombonist Terry Promane, offer easy going interpretations of tunes...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Billie Holiday and Lester Young: Complete Studio Recordings

Going much further than the 16-track A Musical Romance set on Columbia, this gathers (almost) all the studio appearances by...

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