Victoria Rummler: Take Two

Dano Haider | Federico Casagrande | Guilherme Monteiro | Lionel Loueke | Nguyên Lê | Victoria Rummler

This third album from the US-born, Paris-based vocalist Victoria Rummler presents a series of captivating duets with a quintet of...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2018

Joe Armon-Jones: Starting Today

Asheber | Big Sharer | David Mrakpor | Dylan Jones | Ego Ella May | James Mollison | Joe Armon-Jones | Kwake Bass | KwAkE BaSs | Maxwell Owin

Best known as part of Ezra Collective, Joe Armon-Jones’ debut calls in the cream of London's new jazz scene, but...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: June/2018

Eric Schaefer: Who Is Afraid of Richard W.?

Eric Schaefer | John Eckhardt | Tom Arthurs | Volker Meitz

A key component of Michael Wollny's [em] trio, nominated by Kulturspiegel as “Germany's most creative jazz trio,” drummer/composer Eric Schaefer...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2013

The Giles Thornton Jazz Orchestra: Be In Today

Adam Crichton | Boz Martin-Jones | Camille Curtis | Chris Saunders | Crawford Mack | Dan Benn | Daniel McConkey | David Swan | Ed Parr | Emma Kenrick

“Go big or go home”, the popular saying counsels. Composer-arranger Giles Thornton, recording his crowdfunded debut while still a student...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2018

Adam Larson: With Love, From New York

Adam Larson | Matt Clohesy | Obed Calvaire

An imaginative, dynamic conversational vibe and desire to engage with the listener have an equal significance for the New York-based...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2023

Ches Smith's We All Break: Path Of Seven Colors

Ches Smith

For many it is hard to see past the stigma attached to Haitian voodou. Depictions in western popular culture of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2021

GK4: Improvisations 1-7

Charlie Hart | George Khan | Mike Figgis | Terry Day

GK4 may sound like a dodgy government security firm, but, as most will know, their roots go back to the...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2023

Neil Cowley Trio: The Face of Mount Molehill

Evan Jenkins | Leo Abrahams | Neil Cowley | Rex Horan

For pianist-composer Neil Cowley, improvisation has always been a bit of fun in a live situation but an artistic no-go...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2012

Major Surgery: The First Cut

Bruce Collcutt | Don Weller | Jimmy Roche | Tony Marsh

Originally a trio based around the Sarf London nexus of Croydon, Mitcham, Stockwell et al, the addition of Roche’s rock...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2013

Barney Wilen: Tilt

The French saxophonist, whose record debut was on the Roy Haynes set reviewed last month, was two months short of...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2017