The Fred Hersch Trio: Sunday Night at the Vanguard

Eric McPherson | Fred Hersch | John Hébert

Jazz is a spontaneous, ephemeral thing: a musical celebration of in-the-momentness, in significant part improvised on the wing. So it's...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2016

David S.Ware/Planetary Unknown: Live At Jazzfestival Saalfelden

Cooper-Moore | David S. Ware | Muhammad Ali | William Parker

The received wisdom may be that the ‘energy’ of what is termed the avant-garde is found first and foremost in...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2012

Don and Camille Dietrich: Dietrichs

Central to this rather sinister father (sax) and daughter (cello) über-noise improv duo's new album is ‘The Decapitator Suite’, which...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2017

Dave Douglas: Little Giant Still Life

Andy Clausen | Anwar Marshall | Dave Douglas | Riley Mulherkar | Willem de Koch | Zubin Hensler

Douglas’ musical curiosity knows no boundaries: here he is in essentially an all brass chamber context, with the fabulously talented...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2018

Randy Weston: Four Classic Albums Vol.1 & Vol.2

Ahmed Abdul-Malik | Art Blakey | Benny Green | Cecil Payne | Coleman Hawkins | Connie Kay | Elvin Jones | Johnny Griffin | Kenny Dorham | Melba Liston

One of the great champions of Afro-jazz, or as he himself states more explicitly, African rhythms in jazz, Weston drank...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2015

Sebastian Noelle: Shelter

Dan Weiss | Marc Mommaas | Matt Clohesy | Matt Mitchell | Sebastian Noelle

Sebastian Noelle is a German-born guitarist who emigrated to New York in 2002, where he has since enjoyed developing his...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2016

Loose Tubes: Arriving

Ashley Slater | Chris Batchelor | Dai Pritchard | Dave Powell | Django Bates | Eddie Parker | Iain Ballamy | John Eacott | John Harborne | John Parricelli

Here's the highly-anticipated third and final instalment in the ‘live’ trilogy of recordings from Loose Tubes' farewell residency at Ronnie...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2015

Johnathan Blake: Gone, But Not Forgotten

Ben Street | Chris Potter | Johnathan Blake | Mark Turner

On a rare depressing ‘off’ night by Tom Harrell's Colours of a Dream band at Ronnie's recently, the one shining...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: September/2014

Graham Dechter: Takin' It There

Another hard bop schooled LA-based guitarist in a quartet set of swinging modern jazz standards featuring Israeli pianist Tamir Hendelman....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Burton Bradstock: All Upon a Lovely Summer's Day

Burton Bradstock | Dave Ohm | Dorian Ford | Iain Ballamy | Joanne Davies | Julian Ferraretto | Nozomi Cohen | Pete Berryman | Riaan Vosloo | Robin Martin

Burton Bradstock is not only the name of a village down on Dorset's Jurassic coast, it's also the alter ego...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2013