Jang Jing and Christy Doran: No. 9

Based in Switzerland, Irish guitarist Doran and the Chinese lute-like pipa specialist Jang Jing team up for a hypnotic, atmospheric...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2013

Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos: Jazz Composers Forum –

Alvaro pinto | Andre Fernandes | Andreia Santos | Daniel Dias | Demian Cabaud | Geoclãndio Monteiro | Gileno Santana | Goncalo Dias | Javier Pereiro | João Guimarães

Formed in 1999, Portugal's 17-piece jazz-world orchestra gets to grips with new pieces by a top-notch list of commissioned composers...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014

SamúJón el Samúelsson Big Band: Helvítis Fokking Funk

Birkir Freyr Mattiasson | David Pór Jónsson | Eybór Kolbeins | Haukur Gröndal | Helgi Svavar Helgason | Ingi Skúlason | Ingimar Andersen | Ívar Gudmunsson | Kári Hólmar Ragnarsson | Kjartan Hákonarson

Icelandic trombone-warrier, Samúelsson, here leads just about the whole of Iceland’s jazz community through a handful of thumping great grooves....

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2011

Tore Johansen: Earth Stills

Andy Sheppard | Arild Andersen | Bugge Wesseltoft | Gard Nilssen | Tore Johansen

The inspiration for this languidly expansive suite of tunes, all bar one composed by Norwegian trumpeter Tore Johansen, was provided...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2016

Polly Gibbons: Is It Me…?

Graham Dechter | James Pearson | Kevin Axt | Polly Gibbons | Ray Brinker | Tamir Hendelman

Dazzling arrangements, superb playing and, right at its heart, the dynamic, mellifluous pipes of Polly Gibbons. This highly anticipated second...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2017

Sekou Keita: Miro

Adama Bilorou Dembele | Binta Suso | Mariama Kouyate | Michel ‘Pata’ Salazar | Moustapha Gaye | Sekou Keita | Suntou Susso

Seckou Keita is a gifted singer, percussionist and kora player; a Senegalese griot literally born to play music, a man...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwel in issue: November/2012

Chet Baker: The Legendary Riverside Albums

Al Haig | Bill Evans | Bob Corwin | Chet Baker | Clifford Jarvis | Connie Kay | Danny Richmond | Earl May | George Morrow | Herbie Mann

Craft Recordings deals in the boutique end of the jazz reissue market. For £150 you get Chet Baker In New...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: April/2020

Liebman-Ineke-Laginha-Cavalli-Pinheiro: Is Seeing Believing?

Dave Liebman | Eric Ineke | Mário Laginka | Massimo Cavalli | Ricardo Pinheiro

Like an old seafarer in days of yore leaving a different girlfriend in every port, Liebman traverses the world in...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2016

Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Shoot!

Ellen Brekken | Hedvig Mollestad Mollestad | Ivar Joe Bjørnstad

There's been something of a trend for guitar trios coming out of Scandinavia in recent years. First, Scorch Trio blew...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2012

Snowpoet: Wait For Me

Alex Haines | Alice Zawadzki | Chris Hyson | Dave Hamblett | Josh Arcoleo | Lauren Kinsella | Lloyd Haines | Matthew Robinson

The word Snowpoet, alone, steers the ear toward the intimate and abstracted landscapes of this album. The duo of Chris...

Reviewed by Debra Richards in issue: April/2021