Espen Eriksen Trio with Andy Sheppard: As Good As It Gets
Andreas Bye | Andy Sheppard | Espen Esberg | Lars Tormod Jenset
It’s not often Aristotle gets a walk-on part in these pages, but this album is a classic case of the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2023
Nicole Mitchell/Alexander Hawkins: At Earth School
Alexander Hawkins | Nicole Mitchell
Cafe OTO in east London has been the scene of countless memorable live sets over the years and this compelling...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2023
Bill Frisell, Kit Downes and Andrew Cyrille: Breaking the Shell
Andrew Cyrille | Bill Frisell | Kit Downes | Lucy Railton
If you only know Frisell from lush Mike Gibbs orchestrations of swoonsome sentimentalities like ‘Beautiful Dreamer’, then prepare for a...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2024
Brad Shepik: Dream Of The Possible
Amino Belyamani | Brad Shepik | John Hadfield | Layale Chaker | Sam Minaie
Shepik is a versatile and accomplished guitarist who spent time as a sideman for Paul Motian as well as leading...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: December/2024
Gilad Hekselman: Downhill From Here
Gilad Hekselman | Larry Grenadier | Marcus Gilmore
Last year’s outstanding live quartet release Life, at the Village Vanguard by the singular Israeli-born, New York-residing guitarist Gilad Hekselman...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2025
Daniel Sommer: Lost Threads
Artturi Rönkä | Daniel Sommer | Thommy Andersson
The piano trio is a pivotal modern jazz form, and has evolved into many well-established forms over the years. Just...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: May/2025
Rachel Musson: Dreamsing
With so little opportunity for collaboration, instrumentalists have gone down the solo route, One such musician-composer is London-based experimental saxophonist...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2021
Lionel Beuvens: Trinité
Alexi Tuomarila | Brice Soniano | Kalevi Louhivuori | Lionel Beuvens
The brilliant young Finnish pianist Alexi Tuomarila studied jazz piano at the Brussels Conservatory and remained on the Belgian scene...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2013
Jeremy Pelt: Water and Earth
Jeremy Pelt's latest CD turns from the free-flowing exuberance of his highly-praised acoustic quintet to a loose-limbed keyboard-heavy jam featuring...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2013
Franco Ambrosetti: Lost Within You
Franco Ambrosetti | Jack DeJohnette | John Scofield | Renee Rosnes | Scott Colley | Uri Caine
There are those who, in the past, have sniped at the stellar company with whom the trumpeter Franco Ambrosetti has...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2021
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