Robert Mitchell True Think: Hold The Light/The New Resistance

Alice Mitchell | Alice Zawadzki | Becca Stevens | Carleen Anderson | Deborah Jordan | Gillian | Gordon Wedderburn | Laura Perrudin | Lislotte Ostblom | Michael Olatuja

There has always been a strong socially– conscious element in the music of Robert Mitchell and on this multi-layered, ambitious...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Nat ‘King’ Cole: Four Classic Albums

This is Cole in transition from singer/ leader of his trio (represented here on the Penthouse Serenade album, making the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Jimi Tenor & UMO: Mysterium Magnum

Abdissa Assefa | Heikki Tuhkanen | Ilkka Mattila | Jaska Lukkarinen | Jimi Tenor | Jouni Järvelä | Kasperi Sarikoski | Mikael Långbacka | Mikko Hassinen | Mikko Mustonen

The Finnish multi-musician and composer Lassi Lehto aka Jimi Tenor has previously worked with Afrobeat legend Tony Allen and Belgian...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2015

Aldo Romano: Inner Smile

Aldo Romano | Baptiste Trotignon | Enrio Rava | Thomas Bramerie

Aldo Romano is a no-frills Italian-born, French-based drummer who's been a lynchpin in bands such as those of Henri Texier...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2012

Grace Fox: Eleven O’Seven

Alexis Fox | Bryana Crockett | Gina Benalcazar Lopez | Grace Fox | Hailey Brinnel | Jade Elliott | Janelle Finton | Kal Ferretti | Kellin Hanas | Laura Orzehoski

Grace Fox is still a student at the Manhattan School of Music, but she is clearly ambitious and used social...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2022

Fred Hersch and Julian Lage: Free Flying

Fred Hersch | Julian Lage

This album title is very attractive because flying is precisely what true jazz improvisers aim to do, using the momentum...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: November/2013

Clark Tracey Quintet: Jubilation

Chris Maddock | Clark Tracey | Daniel Casimir | Harry Bolt | Henry Armburg Jennings

Reliability and consistency are generally not as highly valued by fans as they are by fellow musicians. But Tracey has...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2017

Oliver Lake: Impala

Brandon Ross | Gene Lake | Geri Allenn | Oliver Lake | Pheeroan ak Laff | Santi Debriano

When Oliver Lake formed the World Saxophone Quartet in 1977, it enjoyed remarkable success for a so-called avant garde group....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2022

Jamison Ross: All For One

Barry Stephenson | Chris Pattishall | Cory Irvin | Jamison Ross | Rick Lollar

A winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 2012 and mostly known as a drummer on albums such...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2018

The Keith Tippett Group: You Are Here… I Am There

Alan Jackson | Bryan Spring | Elton Dean | Gary Boyle | Jeff Clyne | Keith Tippett | Mark Charig | Nick Evans | Phil Howard | Robert Wyatt

Originally released on the same dizzying label (Vertigo) as Black Sabbath, graced by a Roger Dean cover, and with Tippett...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2013