Yaniv Taubenhouse: Hope

Yaniv Taubenhouse

During the pandemic, and the periods of lockdown that ensued to contain the virus, many artists took the opportunity of...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2022

Lee Konitz/Bill Evans: You and Lee/Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre

A high point in Konitz's stellar career are these two Verve albums, reissued here, with Evans featured in two larger...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Sons Of Kemet: Your Queen Is A Reptile

Congo Natty | Eddie Hick | Joshua Idehen | Shabaka Hutchings | Theon Cross | Tom Skinner

An increasingly visible representative of British jazz for international audiences, Shabaka Hutchings has never been afraid to voice his opinion...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2018

Chris Potter Underground Orchestra: Imaginary Cities

Adam Rogers | Chris Potter | Craig Taborn | David Eggar | Fima Ephron | Joyce Hammann | Lois Martin | Mark Feldman | Nate Smith | Scott Colley

The world-class contemporary sax colossus Chris Potter seems to be something of a late bloomer in terms of his recordings...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2015

Trevor Watts Amalgam: Closer To You

Colin McKenzie | Liam Genockey | Trevor Watts

It's good to have this one back. Originally released by Ogun Records in 1979, Closer To You features the trio...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: July/2017

Matti Klein: Soul Trio Live on Tape

A smokin' hot series of sessions, recorded live with no overdubs, featuring Wurlitzer and Rhodes Bass maestro Klein and his...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2021

Sélébéyone: Xaybu: The Unseen

Damion Reid | Gaston Bandimic | HPrizm | Maciek Lasserre | Steve Lehman

Sélébéyone can justifiably lay claim to being one of the world's most original combinations of improvised music, hip-hop, spoken word...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2022

Soccer 96: As Above So Below

Alexis Blondin | Dan Leavers | Frank Byng | Max Hallett | Shabaka Hutchings | Swann Hunter

Dan Leavers and Max Hallett are two-thirds of The Comet Is Coming, and share that band's fascination with cosmic cycles...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: November/2016

Alice Russell: To Dust

This highly-praised contemporary soul-blues singer-songwriter is no barstool wallflower, the new CD impressively charged with her Aretha-like fire power and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2013

Myles Wright: The Manhattan EP

24-piece jazz orchestra | Myles Wright

With April and The Manhattan EP we have snapshot of the current Boston/New York contemporary big band scene. April, funded...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2017