Review of Jacob Bro: Time

Jacob Bro: Time

Ben Baker | Brad Mehldau | Dennis Hamm | Genevieve Artadi | Leah Zeger | Louis Cole | Nora Germain | Rochester Stringz | Thundercat

Brainfeeder

Rating: ★★★

Danish guitarist rubs shoulders with none other than his mentor Bill Frisell and 84-year-old sax giant Lee Konitz in a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Review of Tom Ollendorff: A Song For You

Tom Ollendorff: A Song For You

Conor Chaplin | Marc Michel | Tom Ollendorff

Fresh Sound New Talent

Rating: ★★★

When Jordi Pujol, the owner of the Barcelona-based Fresh Sound New Talent (FSNT) label, releases a debut album you sit...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2021

Review of Andrew McCormack Trio: Terra Firma

Andrew McCormack Trio: Terra Firma

Andrew McCormack | Joe Downard | Rod Youngs

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★★

Since his award-winning 2006 debut Telescope, Andrew McCormack's piano trio recordings have curiously been thin on the ground. The pianist–composer...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2022

Review of Tom Bancroft Trio Red: Lucid Dreamers

Tom Bancroft Trio Red: Lucid Dreamers

Per Zanussi | Tom Bancroft | Tom Cawley

Interrupto

Rating: ★★★★

Originally formed as an on-the-fly studio assemblage of improvising wits from England, Scotland and Norway in 2012, Trio Red have...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2016

Review of Tom Gibbs: Fear of Flying

Tom Gibbs: Fear of Flying

Euan Burton | James Maddren | Tom Gibbs | Will Vinson

Whirlwind

Rating: ★★★

Pianist Tom Gibbs comes from Glasgow, current hotbed for the new jazz generation in Scotland. He is a member of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013

Review of Jim Blomfield Trio: Wave Forms and Sea Changes

Jim Blomfield Trio: Wave Forms and Sea Changes

Jim Blomfield | Mark Whitlam | Roshan ‘Tosh’ Wijetunge

Pig Records

Rating: ★★★

The pianist Jim Blomfield has been a fixture on the creative music scene in Bristol since 1991, and has also...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

Review of Gwilym Simcock: Near and Now

Gwilym Simcock: Near and Now

Gwilym Simcock

Editor's Choice

ACT

Rating: ★★★★

This follow-up to Simcock's Mercury Prize-shortlisted 2011 ACT debut, the brilliant Good Days At Schloss Elmau, was penned primarily on...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2019

Review of James Farm: City Folk

James Farm: City Folk

Aaron Parks | Eric Harland | Joshua Redman | Matt Penman

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★

Formed originally out of the SFJAZZ Collective following a performance at the Montreal Jazz Festival, James Farm boasts a pedigree...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Review of Enrico Pieranunzi: Common View

Enrico Pieranunzi: Common View

Enrico Pieranunzi | Jasper Somsen | Jorge Rossy

Challenge

Rating: ★★★★

The leader or co-leader on countless albums and known for his affiliations with important US soloists like Chet Baker and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2020

Review of Christoph Stiefel & Inner Language Trio: Big Ship

Christoph Stiefel & Inner Language Trio: Big Ship

Arne Huber | Christoph Stiefel | Kevin Chesham

Basho

Rating: ★★★★

Having made a name on the Swiss jazz scene, the fiftysomething Zurich-born pianist and composer Christoph Stiefel looked to make...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014

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