Lionel Beuvens: Trinité

Alexi Tuomarila | Brice Soniano | Kalevi Louhivuori | Lionel Beuvens

The brilliant young Finnish pianist Alexi Tuomarila studied jazz piano at the Brussels Conservatory and remained on the Belgian scene...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2013

Leszek Mozdzer & Friends: Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic III

Lars Danielsson | Leszek Mozdzer | the Atom String Quartet | Zohar Fresco

The recordings under the Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic imprimatur represent highlights from the annual season of concerts held at the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2015

The Markov Chain

Adam Fairhall | Paul Hession | Tim Fairhall

A Markov chain, Wikipedia tells us, ‘is a mathematical system that undergoes transitions from one state to another on a...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2015

Exodos: Heuristics

The Swiss bassist Luca Sisera’s new quartet veers between post-Ornette humdingers, intense collective free-play and more abstract, pointillist sonic infusions,...

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

Chucho Valdés & the Afro-Cuban Messengers: Border-Free

Ángel Gastón Joya Parellada | Branford Marsalis | Chucho Valdés | Dreiser Durruthy Bombalé | Reinaldo Melián Alvarez | Rodney Barreto Illarza | Yaroldy Abreu Robles

There are few more revered Cuban musicians than Chucho Valdés, linchpin of an emerging latin-jazz dynasty, founder of Afro-Cuban innovators...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2013

Dave Bailey: The Complete 1 & 2 Feet In The Gutter Sessions

Bailey's sextet sessions for Epic were particularly showcases for the late Clark Terry, who stamps his personality indelibly on this...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2015

Tony Bennett: The Beat of My Heart

It was a slightly bonkers idea, in 1957, to team Tony Bennett with various drummers from Jo Jones to Art...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2017

Raf Vertessen 4Tet: LOI

This Belgian percussionist is a perfect fit with the avant-jazz approach developing in Brooklyn, releasing an interesting debut with a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: December/2020

Little Walter: Blues Greats

The great vocal and harmonica star of 1950s Chicago blues in an anthology of his essential hits – from the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Moon Hooch: Red Sky

James Muschler | Michael Wilbur | Wenzl McGowen

Moon Hooch's gigs say a lot about jazz in Britain's broadening horizons. They symbolise the music's border police standing down,...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017