Portico Quartet: Monument

From acoustic buskers to digital clubsters, Portico Quartet still have the Hang as their identifiable sonic signature but now sample...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2021

The Fringe: 40 Years on the Fringe

Bob Gullotti | George Garzone | John Lockwood

No saxophonist unpicks the standard repertoire quite so incisively as George Garzone, author of The Triadic Chromatic Approach. But for...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2013

Oscar Peterson: Exclusively For My Friends

Bobby Durham | Ed Thigpen | Louis Hayes | Oscar Peterson | Ray Brown | Sam Jones

The six-volume Exclusively For My Friends set forged new standards of sound recording when it was originally released on vinyl...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Harry Miller: Different Times, Different Places: Volume 2

Alan Tomlinson | Alan Wakeman | Bernie Holland | Dave Holdsworth | Harry Miller | Keith Tippett | Louis Moholo-Moholo | Trevor Watts

This excellent second installment of Different Times, Different Places gives a further insight into the vast achievements of the late...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2016

Aki Takase: Hokusai – Piano Solo

Aki Takase | Alex Von Schlippenbach | Alex von Schlippenbach | Yoko Tawada

A long-time stalwart of the European avant-garde scene and long-time partner of Alex von Schlippenbach, Takase is now a senior...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2019

Steve Lehman: Sélébéyone

Carlos Homs | Damion Reed | Drew Gress | Gaston Bandimic | HPrizm | Maciek Lasserre | Steve Lehman

Although this was officially issued last year it has been hampered by distribution problems. However, any delays reaching the market...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2017

Phil Urso: The Philosophy of Urso

One of the albums Fresh Sound does really well, collecting the work of a great 1950s tenorist and presenting it...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2016

Steve Kuhn Trio: Wisteria

Joey Baron | Kuhn | Steve Swallow

A surprisingly straightahead record for ECM, evoking not the clichéd idea of what constitues an ECM trio album but the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2012

Alan Barnes: One for Moll

Adam King | Alan Barnes | Barry Green | Mark Taylor

Here's Woodville maestro Barnes front and centre, his slightly sceptical portrait on the cover complemented by a rather more cheerful...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2015

Volker Kriegel: House-boat

The blurb says ‘funky fusion band floating through a gentle pop production’ but compared to Farrell it's chalk and cheese...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2015