Trudy Kerr: Contemplation: The Best of Trudy Kerr

Geoff Gascoyne | Mulgrew Miller | Sebastiaan de Krom | Sebastiaan De Krom

Featuring the late, great pianist Mulgrew Miller, this terrific 15-track Best Of collection from vocalist Trudy Kerr kicks off brilliantly...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2015

Robert Landfermann: Night Will Fall

The Cologne-based Pablo Held trio double bassist and a quartet, boasting the formidable presence of drummer Jim Black, explore an...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016

Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet: Jersey

Chris Morrissey | Fabian Almazan | Jason Rigby | Mark Guiliana

The focus of much of the 37-year-old New Jersey-born cutting edge contemporary drummer Mark Guiliana's work for most of this...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2017

Bill Evans: Interplay

Bill Evans | Chuck Israels | Freddie Hubbard | Jim Hall | Larry Bunker | Percy Heath | Philly Joe Jones | Ron Carter | Zoot Sims

The Matchball reissue seems to be identical to part of a 2CD set which was billed as being both the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Jasmine Lovell-Smith: Towering Poppies

This New Zealand-reared, now Canadianbased young soprano saxophonist's compositions for a pastoral-like jazz quintet have a rather wearily yearning feel...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2012

Solveig Slettahjell: Come In From The Rain

Solveig Slettahjell

This latest album from Norwegian vocalist Solveig Slettahjell is one that's full of telling, ear-catching details, from the alluring, almost...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2020

Wadada Leo Smith: Heart's Refl ections

Angelica Sanchez | Brandon Ross | Casey Anderson | Casey Butler | Charlie Burgin | John Lindberg | Josh Gerowitz | Lamar Smith | Mark Trayle | Michael Gregory

The vast discography that Smith has built over some four decades has myriad strands. African and oriental-inflected compositions that often...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2011

Keith Oxman: Glimpses

Denver-born tenor saxophonist Keith Oxman leads a consummate straightahead quintet session of mostly originals with influential fellow sax guest David...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Paul Higgs: Pavanne

The former director of the National Theatre and RSC is also a trumpeter-composer, and here he effectively mixes together the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

Jæ: Balls and Kittens, Draught and Strangling Rain

Andreas Lønmo Knudsrød | Andreas Løwe | Daniel Meyer Grønvold | Eivind Lønning | Espen Reinertden | Håvard Skaset | Jan Martin Smørdal | Jessica Sligter | Jo Berger Myrhe | Juhani Silvola

Dutch-born Oslo-resident Jessica Sligter has previously been involved with a project called The Story of Modern Farming, a collaborative initiative...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2011