Pat Martino: Nexus
Here's a treat that's emerged from out the shadows. A rarity in that it captures Martino in duo mode, it's...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2015
Helge Lien Trio: Badgers and Oteings
Frode Berg | Helge Lein | Per Oddvar Johansen
Although Lien's trio was formed in 2001, it took until 2008's Hello Troll to make an international breakthrough which was...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2014
Mark Springer: Diving
It's a long time since pianist Mark Springer first stepped out from his role as musical brain behind early 1980s...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2018
Ralph Alessi and Fred Hersch: Only Many
Pianist Fred Hersch and trumpeter Ralph Alessi are long time collaborators and both regularly perform in a duo setting. Here...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013
Colin Edwin and Lorenzo Feliciati: Twinscapes
Rare Noise continues to populate that shadowy plain where prog meets jazz. In this case Porcupine Tree's Colin Edwin joins...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2014
Soft Machine: Switzerland 1974
Allan Holdsworth | John Marshall | Karl Jenkins | Mike Ratledge | Roy Babbington
Softs by name, but this band bears little resemblance to its classic original line up. Indeed, only Ratledge remains and,...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2015
Niebiesko Czarni: Rock Opera Naga I & II
Niebiesko Czarni (translating as Black and Blue) were a Polish vocal troupe, founded in 1962, who were in action for...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2018
Nicolas Masson: Travelers
Colin Vallon | Lionel Friedli | Nicolas Masson | Patrice Moret
Delicately, thoughtfully flows the musical stream in Nicolas Masson's Travelers. But the surface is always noticeably rippled with perturbation and...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2018
Hugh Masekela: Sixty/Black To The Future/Notes Of Life
Don Laka | Fana Zulu | Hugh Masekela
South African trumpeter-vocalist Masekela recorded this trio of albums in a four-year period in the mid-1990s in what seemed like...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018
Cornelia Nilsson: Where Do You Go?
Aaron Parks | Cornelia Nilsson | Daniel Franck | Gabor Bolla
This album is in essence two trios, a piano trio with Arron Parks on piano on six numbers and a...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2024
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