Paul Bley: Four Classic Albums

This covers the first major steps of Bley's multi-faceted career and, despite deriving from four different labels, the sound is...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020

David Liebman/Tatsuya Nakatani/Adam Rudolph: The Unknowable

Adam Rudolph | David Liebman | Tatsuya Nakatani

Dave Liebman has never stopped growing as an artist, harshly self-critical, he is a player constantly seeking to improve, an...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2018

Monocled Man: Southern Drawl

Chris Montague | Jon Scott | Rory Simmons

When trumpeter Rory Simmons isn't touring and recording with Jamie Cullum, he's directing a huge bundle of creative energy into...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

Rudy Royston: Day

Gary Versace | Hank Roberts | Joe Martin | John Ellis | Rudy Royston

Highly respected for his sterling work with the likes of JD Allen, Dave Douglas and Ron Miles, Rudy Royston is...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2023

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

Takuya Kuroda: Everyday

Akihiro Nishiguchi | Akira Ishiguro | Corey King | Craig Hill | David Frazier | FiJA | Martha Kato | Rashaan Carter | Shigetaka Ikemoto | Takafumi Nikaido

Kuroda is a Japanese-born, NYC-based trumpeter with a questing spirit, seven head-turning studio albums and a reputation as an anything-goes...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2025

Various Artists: Siggi Loch – A Life in the Spirit of Jazz

Sidney Bechet

This two-CD set coincides with the publication of a book of the same name by Loch: a largely photographic autobiography...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2020

Paragon: Cerca

Arthur Lea | Jon Scott | Matthias Nowak | Peter Ehwald

This ensemble recording, the second following Quarterlife Crisis released in 2009 by the quartet Paragon really hits its target. They're...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2014

Various Artists: Fresh From Finland: Now’s The Time, Best of Suomi Jazz Vol 4

Emma Salokoski Illmiekki Quartet | Halme Prospekt | Hot Heros + Iro Haarla | Iro Haarla | JAF trio | Juhani Aaltonen | Kahden Miehen Galaksi | Kari Ikonen | Mikko Innanen Autonomus | Plop

The jazz scene in Finland, mainly centred around Helsinki, may be small but it’s one of the wonders of European...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2022

Scott Hamilton: The Shadow of Your Smile

Dena DeRose | Ignasi González | Jo Krause | Scott Hamilton

Once the boy wonder of neo-mainstream, Scott Hamilton is now, unbelievably, in his early sixties. No longer tied to his...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2017