Count Basie: Basie on the Beatles

The original LP being quite short in duration, it has had several incarnations on CD, matched-up with another album, such...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2018

Moses Boyd: Dark Matter

Arnaud Gichaud | Artie Zaitz | Binker Golding | Chelsea Carmichael | Ife Ogunjobi | Joe Armon Jones | Klein | Michael Underwood | Moses Boyd | Nathaniel Cross

Moses Boyd has a knack for melding genres and for presenting his work in a way that makes it not...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: April/2020

Bob Holz: Holz-Stathis Collaborative

Ada Rovatti | Airto Moreira | Alex Acuna | Bob Holz | Brandon Fields | Darryl Jones | Dean Brown | Diane Moreira | Jamie Glaser | Jean Luc Ponty

This release climaxes with the tune ‘Lookin’ Back’ and that’s exactly what this amalgam of fusion energy and smooth jazz...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2024

Eddie Gripper: Home

Eddie Gripper | Isaac Zuckerman | Ursula Harrison

The UK has produced some extraordinary jazz pianists of late: Deschanel Gordon (who has recorded with Tomorrow's New Quartet), Sultan...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: June/2023

Amy’s everything: Amy Gadiaga: All Black Everything

Amy Gadiaga | Christ-Stéphane Boizi | Joseph Oti | Luke Bacchus | Simon Lamb | Tom Waters

All Black Everything has been an awfully long time coming, but it’s been well worth the wait. Singer, bassist, composer,...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: June/2024

Flo and The Murmurs: The Waves

Bernardette Köbele | Elodie Théry | Marie-Florence Burki | Paula Hsu | Snejana Prodanova | Sofia de Falco

This bold and unusual debut recording features a string quartet and the pellucid voice of Marie-Florence Burki, who also wrote...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: April/2024

Fergus McCreadie: Sketches

Fergus McCreadie

Everybody seems to love Fergus McCreadie, so this EP release of five new solo piano recordings will doubtless find a...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: March/2024

John Williamson: The Northern Sea

Alex Hitchcock | Alex Wilson | Immy Churchill | Jay Davis | John Williamson | Jonny Mansfield

Hell, if you’re a bass player, why not start your solo album with a bass solo? After all, contrary to...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: September/2024

Avishai Cohen: Ashes to Gold

Avishai Cohen | Barak Mori | Yonathan Avishai | Ziv Ravitz

It takes guts for an artist to speak out against their own government, but Avishai Cohen, the Tel Aviv-based trumpeter,...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: November/2024

Jakob Bro, Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Thomas Morgan, Andrew Cyrille: Taking Turns

Andrew Cyrille | Bill Frisell | Jakob Bro | Jason Moran | Lee Konitz | Thomas Morgan

It’s amazing to think that Lee Konitz, with his distinctively questioning, interior sound, played with Miles and Mulligan at the...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: December/2024