Laura Cole: Enough

Cole, a Leeds-based pianist-composer best known for her Metamorphic ensemble, is in introverted mood nearly all the way through these...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Christy Doran: Undercurrent

Swiss guitarist Christy Doran is an experimental yet blues-infused jazz lyricist who conjures up a grittily atmospheric vibe with his...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2018

Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge: Roy and Diz

Joyous jousting by JATP's two finest trumpet stars, plus the Peterson quartet makes for great entertainment....

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2012

Motorpsycho: The Tower

Not nearly as epic as 2016's Here Be Monsters, but still plenty here for fans of these retro-rocking Norwegians, especially...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2017

Will Bernard: Pond Life

Ches Smith | Chris Lightcap | John Medeski | Tim Berne | Will Bernard

The guitarist Will Bernard has occasionally been referred to as a musician deserving of more recognition. There is however no...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2022

Tristan Banks: View From Above

Davide Mantovani | John Crawford | Paul Booth | Tristan Banks

For three decades, the British session drummer Tristan Banks has been a first-call sideman for a ‘glitterati’ across jazz, pop...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2023

King Crimson: Starless And Bible Black

Bill Bruford | David Cross | John Wetton | Robert Fripp

The 40th birthday party continues, if now totally out of whack with real time, but then, hey, this is the...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2011

Dayna Stephens Trio: Liberty

Sax-bass-drums trios might be getting more commonplace these days, but the ninth album from acclaimed New York-based tenor saxophonist-composer Dayna...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2020

Julius Rodriguez: Let Sound Tell All

Giveton Gelin | Julius Rodriguez

Improvising musicians who see themselves as much as producers as players have been with us for some time, and Julius...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2022

Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Spirits Up Above: The Atlantic Years 1965-76

Al Hibbler | Charles Crosby | Grady Tate | Hank Jones | Hilton Ruiz | Jaki Byard | Jimmy Hopps | Joe Habao Texidor | Lonnie Liston Smith | Major Holley

Compiled by our esteemed editor Jon Newey and Warner Music's Florence Halfon (she of the Leopard Lounge series), this is...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2012