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

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

Jacques Loussier: Play Bach 1 & 2

These albums made Loussier's reputation as the French pianist who ‘swung’ Bach, and they remain some of his best playing,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2018

Julian Hesse: Troubleshooter

This Munich-based trumpeter-composer’s skeletal bass-drums trio probes the borders of free bop and rock music and although the ensemble dynamism...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2021

Hank Crawford: Mr. Blues

David Newman | Eric Gale | Hank Crawford | Paul Griffin

During a lengthy career, Hank Crawford probably recorded almost as many albums as his famous employer Ray Charles. The Memphis-born...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2014

Ethan Iverson Quartet/Tom Harrell: Common Practice

Ben Street | Eric McPherson | Ethan Iverson | Tom Harrell

Former Bad Plus pianist Ethan Iverson notes that when he first came to New York from Wisconsin as an 18...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2019

Donny McCaslin: I Want More

Chris Bullock | Donny McCaslin | Jannek Zechner | Jason Lindner | Jody Redhage Ferber | Joyce Hammann | Lois Martin | Mark Guiliana | Sara Caswell | Tim Lefebvre

The hyphenated word ‘boundary-breaking’ is often thrown around so casually as a description of a band’s music these days that...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2023

Kenny Burrell: Four Classic Albums

Alfred Lion at Blue Note liked to record lots of material by his chosen artists in a short space of...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

King Crimson: Larks’ Tongues In Aspic

Bill Bruford | David Cross | Jamie Muir | John Wetton | Robert Fripp

Are you a Red man? Or perhaps that audacious, eponymous debut remains your fave Crims outing. But for many Larks’...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Alister Spence Trio with Ed Kuepper: Asteroid Ekosystem

Alister Spence | Ed Kuepper | Lloyd Swanton | Toby Hall

Antipodean guitar wizard and songwriter Ed Kuepper is best-known for fronting punk and rock groups such as the Saints, the...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2021