Kristjan Randalu & New Wind Jazz Orchestra: Sisu

Aleksander Paal | Allan Järve | Allan Kaljaste | Andrus Karjel | Artur Kiik | Ben Monder | Ingrid Jensen | Ingvar Leerimaa | Jason Hunter | Johannes Kiik

The pianist-composer Kristjan Randalu is one of the better-known contemporary jazz ambassadors from the small yet open-minded jazz scene in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2023

Hannes Riepler: Wild Life

Chris Cheek | Hannes Riepler | James Maddren | Oli Hayhurst

For his third CD to date, the London-based Austrian born guitarist Hannes Riepler employs his quartet as opposed to the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2016

Erik Truffaz Quartet: Lune Rouge

Arthur Hnatek | Benoît Corboz | Erik Truffaz | Marcello Giuliani

Veteran Swiss trumpeter Erik Truffaz wanted new ideas for Lune Rouge, so he invited young drummer Arthur Hnatek, a recent...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: February/2020

Livio Minafra – Louis Moholo-Moholo: Born Free

Livio Minafra | Louis Moholo-Moholo

There’s no disputing that Louis Moholo-Moholo’s right foot used to be one of the most furiously explosive appendages in avant-...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2016

Rosie Turton: Rosie Turton's 5ive

Ben Hayes | Jake Long | Johanna Burnheart | Luke Newman | Maria Chiara Argirò | Rosie Turton | Twm Dylan

Jazz re:freshed have established themselves as one of the engine rooms of the London scene in recent years. Through their...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: March/2019

José James/Jef Neve: For All We Know

At first sight, José James’ major label debut appears to be a concession to easily packaged classicism: a singer, piano...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2015

Keith Jarrett: At The Blue Note: The Complete Recordings III

Gary Peacock | Jack DeJohnette | Keith Jarrett

Originally released as a part of At The Blue Note, an expensive 6CD box set released in 1995 that went...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2019

Lionel Loueke: Gaia

Ferenc Nemeth | Lionel Loueke | Massimo Biolcati

Since bursting onto the jazz scene in the noughties, the Beninois guitar prodigy has carved a niche as much as...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Bernie Worrell: Elevation: The Upper Air-Solo Piano

Bernie Worrell

As all British schoolchildren, past and present, know, Dr Who regenerates every few years and steps out of his Tardis...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2014

VEIN: The Chamber Music Effect

Florian Arbenz | Michael Arbenz | Thomas Lähns

Swiss trio VEIN are masters of musical interplay. Over the course of the last decade they've developed fruitful collaborations with...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: May/2017