Anna von Hausswolff: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival

Anna von Hausswolff | David Sabel | Filip Leyman | Joel Fabiansson | Karl Vento | Maria von Hausswolff | Ulrik Ording

A unique anduncategorisable artist, Swedish composer-keyboardist Anna von Hausswolff is one of those musicians whose work and appeal transcends boundaries...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: March/2022

Album Interview: Elephant9: Psychedelic Backfire I

Nikolai Hængsle | Reine Fiske | Ståle Storløkken | Torstein Lofthus

Many moons ago I wandered into a humble cafe and was met by the waitress saying: “I had that Jon...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2019

Avishai Cohen: Naked Truth

Avishai Cohen | Barak Mori | Yonathan Avishai | Ziv Ravitz

This haunting album is barely 37 minutes long, but since the trumpet-playing Avishai Cohen is a master of doing more...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2022

Orrin Evans: The Magic of Now

Bill Stewart | Immanuel Wilkins | Orrin Evans | Vicente Archer

The most telling creative hallmark of long or deep experience is often an instinct for what to leave out. The...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2021

Shri: The Letter

Arild Andersen | Ben Castle | Bugge Wesseltoft | Paolo Vinaccia | Shri | Tore Brunborg

In 1993, a young Shri Sriram sent a demo tape to his bass idol, Eberhard Weber, who replied with this...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: March/2020

Tony Bennett: The Complete 1958-1961 Ralph Burns Sessions

Tony Bennett

It’s an excellent month for fans of the great Anthony Dominick Benedetto. The Complete 1958-1961 Ralph Burns Sessions presents two...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2016

Charlie Parker: Jumpin'

Anyone unfamiliar with Parker is going to be puzzled about all the fuss with these muddy, poorly recorded, airshots from...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019

Issie Barratt's Interchange: Donna's Secret

Alyson Cawley | Brigitte Beraha | Charlie Pyne | Chelsea Carmichael | Helena Kay | Issie Barratt | Jessica Radcliffe | Karen Street | Katie Patterson | Laura Jurd

Both ad hoc band and composers’ showcase, communal resource and musical achievement, Interchange typifies Issie Barratt’s work as educator, activist...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: March/2020

Thad Jones and Mel Lewis: Presenting/Live At the Village Vanguard/Big Band Sound

Bob Brookmeyer | Eddie Daniels | Garnett Brown | Hank Jones | Jerome Richardson | Jerry Dodgion | Jimmy Nottingham | Joe Farrell | Mel Lewis | Pepper Adams

Bombastic big-band jazz has never been my thing but this unique outfit was much subtler than the average and arguably...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: May/2013

David Kikoski: Phoenix Rising

David Kikoski | Eric Alexander | Joe Farnsworth | Peter Washington

For his authority and fluency as a selflessly creative child of the jazz-piano era spanning Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Chick...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2019