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

Charles Mingus: Three Or Four Shades Of Blues

Bob Neloms | George Coleman | George Mraz/Ron Carter | Jack Walrath | Jimmy Rowles | John Scofield | Larry Coryell | Mingus | Paul Jeffrey | Philip Catherine

The last album Mingus played on was an odd mixture, but gained considerable sales success in the heyday of fusion....

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2014

McNeal and Niles: Thrust

Darryl Niles | Don Wade | Donny Holman | Eric Bennett | Machelle McNeal | Norman Crumb | Omar | Starvin Marvin | Tim Jackson | Wilbur Niles

Here's a pleasant surprise – two obscure late 1970s/early 80s jazz-funk treasures, resurrected from Discogs unobtanium status (a copy of...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: April/2023