Blink: Twice

Alcyona Mick | Paul Clarvis | Robin Fincker | Vincent Courtois

A double CD set from the experimental Blink, a sax-piano-drums trio that specialises in keeping you guessing as to what...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2012

Miles Davis: The Cinema of Miles Davis

Miles Davis

This is a bit dodgy. Aside from the momentous yet widely available score to Lift to the Scaffold, the rest...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2017

Jas Kayser: Unforced Rhythm of Grace

Aaron Holthus | Jas Kayser | Juan Mejia | Milena Casado Fauquet | Ron Cha

Unforced Rhythm of Grace is an exciting debut three-track EP in which drummer and composer Jas Kayser carves a distinct...

Reviewed by Christine Hannigan in issue: August/2020

John Aram Quintet with Kenny Wheeler: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Suite

Andy Scherrer | Colin Vallon | Dave Whitford | John Aram | Kenny Wheeler | Norbert Pfammatter

In Geneva where he has been resident the past two decades, John Aram is a well-regarded jazz trombonist and composer...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2015

Orrin Evans: It Was Beauty

Alex Claffy | Ben Wolfe | Donald Edwards | Eric Revis | Luques Curtis | Orrin Evans

Orrin Evans’ thoughtful and well-programmed piano trio album is partly a round up of the cutting-edge mainstream and partly a...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2013

Miles Davis: Rubberband

Ledisi | Lalah Hathaway | Medina Johnson | Michael Paulo | Mike Stern | Miles Davis | Randy Hall

A ‘new old’ set, or the more fashionable term of ‘lost’ album? Neither one is entirely appropriate for this uneven...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Barnes/O’Higgins & The Sax Section: Oh Gee!

Adam King | Alan Barnes | Dave O’Higgins | Judith O’Higgins | Karen Sharp | Robin Aspland | Sam Mayne | Sebastiaan de Krom | Sebastiaan De Krom

The onrush of Barnes on record continues, as does the flow of releases on his Woodville label. Having heard this...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2016

Samo Salamon Bassless Quartet: 2Alto

A Slovenian ambient jazz-rock guitarist with influences ranging from Tim Berne to Robert Fripp composes imaginatively here for a quartet...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

Eugenia Choe: Verdant Dream

The young pianist-composer's intimately impressionistic, pastoral approach to contemporary piano-trio jazz (with support from bassist Danny Wheeler and drummer Alex...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2019

Kenny Dorham: Four Classic Albums: This Is The Moment/Quiet Kenny/Inta Somethin'/Matador

Art Taylor | Bobby Timmons | Cedar Walton | Charlie Persip | Curtis Fuller | G.T. Hogan | J.C. Moses | Jackie McLean | Kenny Dorham | Leroy Vinnegar

Tough bootin’ tenor sax players and blues-wailin’ guitarists may immediately be associated with Texas, but it should be remembered that...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2013