Alexander Hawkins: Iron Into Wind (Pears From An Elm)
The formidably skilful and idiosyncratically receptive pianist and composer Alexander Hawkins last made a solo album in 2013, and his...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2019
Julian Shore: Filaments
A record that exudes a life force a hothoused young virtuoso would struggle to find in music school, Filaments has...
Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: February/2013
Tom Green Septet: Tipping Point
Tom Green’s Septet is a very close-knit working band, in a personal as well as artistic sense, and this is...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2020
Janne Mark with Arve Henriksen: Pilgrim
The Jutland-born vocalist Janne Mark's musical background is in religious song and since 2000 she's been a regular singer at...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2018
James Francies: Flight
Burniss Traviss | James Francies | Jeremy Dutton | Joel Ross | Mike Mitchell | Mike Moreno
Heard to good effect on Stefon Harris' latest album, Sonic Creed, young pianist Francies makes a solid debut here. It...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2018
Jaak Sooäär, Ara Yaralyan, Markku Ounaskari: Zula
Ara Yaralyan | Jaak Sooaar | Markku Ounaskari
Guitarist Jaak Sooäär is a leading jazz educator at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and one of the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2023
David Virelles: Carta
Ben Street | David Virelles | Eric McPherson
My word, this is good. Renowned Cuban pianist/composer Virelles is joined by a first-class rhythm section for this, his eighth...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2023
Tomeka Reid: 3+3 And Then
Jason Roebke | Mary Halvorson | Tomas Fujiwara | Tomeka Reid
Aside from her work with Nicole Mitchell and Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Tomeka Reid has staked a claim as a...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2024
Horace Tapscott Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra : 60 Years
Adele Sebastian | Arthur Blythe | Dwight Trible | Horace Tapscott | Linda Hill | Phil Ranelin
Sixty years of black history in sound. This is the grand achievement and mission statement of Horace Tapscott’s Pan Afrikan...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2024
Charlie Pyne: Nature is a Mother
Charlie Pyne | Katie Patterson | Liam Dunachie | Luke Pinkstone
Singing female double bass players? Hmmm… well, there’s Esperanza, and, er… oh yes! - Charlie Pyne from North London. Forgive...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: May/2024
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