Rachel Z Trio: Sensual
Jonathan Toscano | Matt Penman | Mino Cinelu | Omar Hakim | Rachel Z | Tony Levin
Rachel Z has quite the CV. She worked on Wayne Shorter’s Grammy-winning Highlife album and was co-writer of the Grammy-winning...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2024
Jim Black Trio: The Constant
Elias Stemeseder | Jim Black | Thomas Morgan
In the liner notes, the drummer Jim Black gives the simple yet indirect answer of ‘I like songs’ to the...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016
New Simplicity Trio: Common Spaces
Antonio Fusco | Bruno Heinen | Henrik Jensen
Formed in 2014, the moniker New Simplicity Trio is inspired by the breed of late 1970s German contemporary music composers...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017
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
Marcus Printup: Young Bloods
Allyn Johnson | Coleman Hughes | Dezron Douglas | Marcus Printup | Patrick Bartley | Ulysses Owens
As a newcomer in his 20s, the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra trumpeter was given a leg up by mature...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: March/2016
Volker Kriegel: Spectrum
Recorded when he was just 27-years-old and enjoying considerable crossover success as a member of the Dave Pike Set, German...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020
Champian Fulton Trio: Flying High: Big Band Canaries Who Soared
Bookended by deeply swinging instrumental takes on two much beloved 1930s standards, ‘On the Sunny Side of the Street’ and...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2024
John Coltrane: European Tour 1962
Elvin Jones | Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner
More live Coltrane – yawn! Sorry, that's sacrilege, I know. And, in any case, it turns out that it's not...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2017
James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Transfiguration
Aruan Ortiz | Brad Jones | Chad Taylor | James Brandon Lewis
In the third and final section of ‘Triptych’, the highlight of this outstanding album James Brandon Lewis’ quartet engages in...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2024
TG Collective: Release The Penguins
Holly Jones | Jamie Fekete | Percy Pursglove | Sam Slater | Tom Chapman
This follow-up to their 2005 album Who Ate All The Tapas? sees the original Trio Gitano expanding into a collective...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2012
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