Various Artists: Classic Black & White Jazz Sessions

Al Gibson | Al Killian | Anita Boyer | Arnold Ross | Art Hodes | Art Pepper | Art Tatum | Arthur Duncan | Artie Shapiro | Baby Dodds

The middle of a World War, during a national shortage of shellac, might seem the craziest time to start a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2022

Orchestre National de Jazz: Dancing in Your Head(s)

Anna-Lena Schnabel | Bruno Ruder | Catherine Delaunay | Christiane Bopp | Daniel Zimmermann | Didier Havet | Ellinoa Leïla Martial | Elsa Moatti | Fabien Debellefontaine | Fabien Norbert

Unlike the UK, the French see jazz as part of the essence of their culture. Orchestre National de Jazz (ONJ)...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: December/2020

Ulf Wakenius: Momento Magico

Ulf Wakenius

If Erik Satie had thought of it, he'd no doubt have wanted to recast his minimalistic piano piece ‘Gnossienne’ as...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2014

Paul Rutherford/Sabu Toyozumi: The Conscience

Paul Rutherford | Sabu Toyozumi

In 1999 Paul Rutherford travelled to Japan to play with local drummer Sabu Toyozumi – previous guests in the drummer's...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: July/2017

Billy Taylor Trio: With Candido

Billy Taylor | Candido Camero | Earl May | Percy Brice

Leading off with the not-yet-standard ‘Mambo Inn’, this early LP (originally a 10-inch, then bumped up to a 32-minute 12-inch,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2012

Marcin Wasilewski Trio: En Attendant

Marcin Wasilewski | Michal Miskiewicz | Slawomir Kurkiewicz

The Marcin Wasilewski Trio is as close to an inseparable collective force as you can get in jazz with its...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2021

Susanna Risberg: Vilddjur

The 27-year-old Swedish guitarist has been a name touted on the international festival circuit for a few years and her...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2018

Various Artists: Alone Together

Joe Webb

The piano is a protean instrument, physically expanding in the 19th century to fit Beethoven's bursting imagination, and intimately responding...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: June/2021

Joachim Kühn New Trio: Love & Peace

Chris Jennings | Eric Schaefer | Joachim Kühn

Kühn’s New Trio was formed in 2015, with Beauty & Truth following in 2016, taking the ‘Best German Ensemble’ prize...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2018

Alice in Grooveland: Skyline

This is a London-based, funky groove-jazz quartet formed in 2014 by the pianist Andrew Myers, showcasing a short set of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2015