Phil Meadows Group: Engines of Creation

Conor Chaplin | Elliot Galvin | Laura Jurd | Phil Meadows | Simon Roth

Bolton-born saxophonist Phil Meadows, currently the lead alto in NYJO, graduated from Trinity Laban only last year. Versatile and well-educated,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013

Daymé Arocena: Nueva Era

Dayme Arocena | Julio Cesar | Neil Charles | Oli Savill | Robert Mitchell | Simbad | Yelfris Valdes

The young Cuban singer Daymé Arocena has been causing ripples for a while now, what with her rich voice, charismatic...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2015

Carlos Garnett: The New Love/Cosmos Nucleus/Let This Melody Ring On

Alphonse Mouzon | Anthony Jackson | Carlos Garnett | Cecil McBee | Guilherme Franco | Howard King | Hubert Eaves | Kenny Kirkland | Neil Clarke | Olu Dara

Although less well known than Billy Cobham, Carlos Garnett is the other Panamanian who came to prominence in the jazz...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2015

Dick Morrissey: At The BBC 1967

Bill Eyden | Dick Morrissey | Harry South | Phil Bates

More rescued tapes from BBC broadcasts and more reasons to applaud this label, which has become something of home from...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2021

Andrea Brachfeld: Lotus Blossom

This New Jersey-based flautist has a traditional latin-jazz pedigree and her quartet (with bassist Rufus Reid) recording includes originals and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2016

Harris Eisenstadt: Recent Developments

Anna Webber | Brandon Seabrook | Dan Peck | Eivind Opsvik | Hank Roberts | Harris Eisenstadt | Jeb Bishop | Nate Wooley | Sara Schoenbeck

On Recent Developments, his 20th release as bandleader, New York composer and percussionist Harris Eisenstadt revives the flagging jazz careers...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: July/2017

Estraven: Ignored Advice

Alban Claret | Chris Hyde-Harrison | Duncan Eagles | Matt Parkinson

This debut from bassist Chris Hyde-Harrison’s acoustic quartet is a deceptive beast. Careless listening might find it an oddly mainstream...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: April/2022

George Cables: Too Close for Comfort

Essiet Essiet | George Cables | Victor Lewis

The New York pianist George Cables' ability to make the jazz of giants sound even better has serviced repertoires and...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2021

Joachim Kühn: Cinemascope

Gerry Brown | Joachim Kühn | John Lee | Toto Blanke | Zbigniew Seifert

German pianist/saxophonist Kühn has just released a stately album of deep jazz featuring Archie Shepp and guembri player Majod Bekkas....

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2013

Ben Crosland Quintet: The Ray Davies Songbook

Ben Crosland | Dave O’Higgins | John Etheridge | Sebastian de Krom | Steve Lodder

The only surprise is that nobody's done it before! There's barely a songwriter of the 1960s who hasn’t been pillaged,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2016