Oscar Peterson Trio: Canadian Keys

Not Canadian airshots, but from New York and the Newport Festival, this collates live shows from the year Barney Kessel...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2018

Paul Fox Collective: Breaking the Silence

Markus Ehrlich | Maurice Kuehn | Paul Fox | Robert Kesternich | Stephanie Neigel | Zacharias Zschenderlein

This second album from the Paul Fox Collective follows lukewarm-to-warm on the heels of their debut 2011, Submerging & Emerging....

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2016

David Lopato: Gendhing for a Spirit Rising

The New York-based pianist/percussionist has a long-term fascination with Javanese Gamelan and other south Asian musics, and on this 2CD...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Charlie Haden/Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Tokyo Adagio

Charlie Haden | Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Before Charlie Haden died in July 2014, he was urging Impulse! to release this album, comprising the best performances taken...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2015

Daniel Freedman: Bamako By Bus

Abraham Rodriguez | Avishai Cohen | Daniel Freedman | Davi Viera | Jason Lindner | Lionel Loueke | Mark Turner | Mauro Refosco | Meshell Ndegeocello | Omer Avital

Although those with sharp eyes will have clocked the drummer on stage with Angélique Kidjo of late, he was part...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2012

Helen Merrill: Four Classic Albums

Still with us at the time of writing (89 this month), this is Helen Merrill on peak form from 1954-59,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Dinosaur: Wonder Trail

Conor Chaplin | Corrie Dick | Elliot Galvin | Laura Jurd

Laura Jurd writes indie pop bangers now. Her latest release with Dinosaur, the follow up to their Mercury-shortlisted debut as...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: June/2018

William Parker/Raining On The Moon: Great Spirit

Eri Yamamoto | Hamid Drake | Leena Conquest | Lewis Barnes | Rob Brown | William Parker

Regardless of his close association with significant figures in the avant-garde, above all Cecil Taylor and David S. Ware, bassist-...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2016

Beth Hart: Fire on the Floor

The jazziest thing about this album by a well-established LA-born vocalist is the title of the opening track ‘Jazz Man’;...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

Rodrigo Amado Wire Quartet: Wire Quartet

Gabriel Ferrandini | Hernâni Faustino | Manuel Mota | Rodrigo Amado

The presence of freely-extemporising guitarist Manuel Mota within this all-Portuguese set-up pushes the creations of its bandleader into more radicalised...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: July/2014