Huw Warren Trio: Everything In Between

Dudley Phillips | Huw Warren | Zoot Warren

Huw Warren, the Welsh pianist-composer, has key influences so wide-ranging it's impossible to box him in. Among others, his work...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2019

Ingrid Laubrock: The Last Quiet Place

Brandon Seabrook | Ingrid Laubrock | Mazz Swift | Michael Formanek | Tom Rainey | Tomeka Reid

Inspired by the Pulitzer-prizewinning writings of environmental journalist Elizabeth Kolbert, much-lauded German saxophonist/composer Ingrid Laubrock composed most of the music...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2023

Curtis Counce: Four Classic Albums

Though many associate ‘California Cool’ with a coterie of players central to Shorty Rogers, there also co-existed a small, but...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2020

Human Feel: Gold

Andrew D'Angelo | Chris Speed | Jim Black | Kurt Rosenwinkel

Seattle-raised reeds-player Andrew D'Angelo met saxophonist Chris Speed and drummer Jim Black in high school, and formed the Human Feel...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2019

Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia with the NYJO: Bulletproof

Peter Lemer

Such is the confluence of so many streams in Thompson's life that this exuberant release celebrates, you're already cheering before...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2021

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & The MaXx: Live

Mette Rasmussen

Recorded live at the Molde jazz festival in July 2018, this exhilarating take-no-prisoners set finds former Trondheim students Petter Kraft,...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2021

Noah Stoneman: Anyone's Quiet: Let it Rain to You

Luca Caruso | Noah Stoneman | Will Sach

To that current extraordinary new wave of young UK jazz pianists (Deschanel Gordon, Sultan Stevenson, Eddie Gripper et al) we...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: September/2023

PNY Quintet: Over The Wall

John Betsch | Michel Edelin | Peter Giron | Rob Brown | Steve Swell

French label Rogueart has long been an important home for American and European improvisers who occasionally join forces to make...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2024

Nick Walters: Marine Moods

Kudjovi Kush | Laurie Lowe | Nick Walters | Nim Sadot | Rebecca Nash | Tenderlonious

Does Nick Walters ever break sweat? Certainly when seen live in any of his eclectic range of projects he is...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: December/January/2023/2024

Avishai Cohen: Two Roses

Alexander Hanson | Avishai Cohen | Elchin Shirinov | Mark Guiliana

The Israeli bassist-vocalist has featured strings in his work before but this is his first recording with an orchestra, which...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2021