Kit Packham’s One Jump Ahead: One Foot in the Groove

“I’m a dinosaur looking back to another age,” sings the Caterham-based Packham unapologetically in the opener and the CD title...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

Sumitra: Bittersweet

Singer-songwriter/pianist Sumitra Nanjundan fronts a pleasant enough quartet, her intimate music navigating a path somewhere between Kate Bush and Steely...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2019

Kit Downes: Dreamlife of Debris

Kit Downes | Lucy Railton | Sebastian Rochford | Stian Westerhus | Tom Challenger

Dreamlife of Debris has its roots in Downes’ 2015 recording Vyamanical (Slip), that documents the improvisations on various church organs...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2020

Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums – Second Set

Art Taylor | Billy Mitchell | Connie Kay | Hank Jones | John Lewis | Lucky Thompson | Milt Hinton | Milt Jackson | Oscar Pettiford | Percy Heath

A previous collection in Avid's series covered Gordon's sadly brief surfacing in 1955 and the start of his more permanent...

Reviewed by Brain Priestley in issue: August/2019

Jackson Mathod: Come On Now

Charlie Allen | David Mrakpor | Eoin Walsh | Gabriele Pribetti | Harry Pope | Jackson Mathod | James Beckwith | Joey Grant | Luke Smith | Mcknasty

Trumpeter and occasional vocalist Jackson Mathod is rapidly approaching star status among those UK audiences fortunate enough to catch his...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: February/2023

Frank Wright: One For John

Bobby Few | Frank Wright | Muhammad Ali | Noah Howard

Some albums are so much of their time that they serve as historical documents just as much as musical recordings....

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2017

Empirical: Like Lambs EP

Lewis Wright | Nathaniel Facey | Shaney Forbes | Tom Farmer

Empirical is a kindred quartet that equally values both tradition and exploration, and the current line-up has been dedicating themselves...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2022

Daniel Humair: Quatre Fois Trois

With a personnel line-up that surely can't fail to deliver including Dave Liebman, Marc Ducret, Joachim Kühn and Michel Portal,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2015

Wesseltoft, Schwarz, Berglund: Trialogue

Bugge Wesseltoft | Dan Berglund | Henrik Schwarz

Building on 2011's Duo, Wesseltoft and Schwarz create a piano trio with the addition of former EST bassist Dan Berglund....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2014

Art Ensemble Of Chicago: The Sixth Decade: From Paris To Paris (Live At Sons D’Hiver)

Babu Atiba | Brett Carson | Doussou Touré | Dudu Kouaté | Eddy Kwon | Enoch Willliamson | Erina Newkirk | Famoudou Don Moye | Hugh Ragin | Jaribu Shahid

As the first European city to give them much-needed performance and recording opportunities in the late 1960s, Paris has a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2023