Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Quartet: Beautiful Friendship

This young guitarist and bassist are students of an easy going brand of straightahead, and here join a couple of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2013

Ola Kvernberg: Steamdome

With three drummers on board, this Norwegian fiddle specialist's new CD doesn't always go for the jugular, evoking Morricone's ominous...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2018

Kenny Dorham: Four Classic Albums: Second Set

Art Taylor | Bobby Timmons | Clarence Sharpe | Curtis Fuller | George Coleman | Horace Silver | Lee Morgan | Paul Chambers | Pepper Adams | Philly Joe Jones

This set cherrypicks three Blue Note dates and one Riverside session, from 1955-1961, rather than (as some other such Avid...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019

Toco: Memoria

Easy-going, yet sensuous sounds from the Brazilian North east and Rio from a band led by vocalist Toco, which combines...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

Phoenician Blinds: The Sight, the Seer and the Seen

This young London-based quartet’s kind of contemporary, easy-going lyricism and groove-ability reminiscent of their core influences Avishai Cohen, EST, and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2020

Stuart McCallum: City

Emma Sweeney | JP Cooper | Richard Spaven | Robin Mullarkey | Sean Foran | Sharlene Hector | Sophie Barker | Stuart McCallum

The Cinematic Orchestra's atmospheric mingling of jazz, turntablism and electronica is McCallum's highest-profile gig. For his fourth solo album, drummer-producer...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2015

Nils Wülker and Münchner Rundunkorchester: Continuum

Jan Miserre | Matthias Meusel | Münchner Rundfunkorchester | Nils Wülker | Patrick Hahn | Sven Faller

The ‘Young Man with the Horn’ image has been around for some time as a major label marketing ploy and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2022

Fredy Studer: Now's The Time

A former member of successful 1970s fusion Swiss band OM, the 70-year-old veteran drummer goes solo with an original and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2018

Aki Takase: Hokusai – Piano Solo

Aki Takase | Alex Von Schlippenbach | Alex von Schlippenbach | Yoko Tawada

A long-time stalwart of the European avant-garde scene and long-time partner of Alex von Schlippenbach, Takase is now a senior...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2019

Huntsville: Pond

Ingar Zach | Ivar Grydeland | Tonny Kluften

Over the last decade or so, Norwegian trio, Huntsville, have forged a unique musical language that draws deeply from several...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2015