Album Interview: Dan Berglund's Tonbruket: Nubium Swimtrip

Andreas Weliin | Johan Lindström | Martin Hederos | Dan Berglund

For their third album on the award-winning ACT label, Tonbruket, the Swedish collective formed by ex-EST bassist Dan Berglund, take...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013

Tanja Feichtmair/Fredi Pröll/Uli Winter: Trio Now!

Tanja Feichtmair | Uli Winter | Fredi Pröll

These musicians have been previously released on the Leo label as three-quarters of a quartet, also featuring Josef Novotny. This...

Reviewed by Marcus O’Dair in issue: October/2013

Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr: Running

A brotherly trumpeter and pianist combo lead an ensemble from the young jazz scene in Cologne and stay close to...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013

Benny Carter/Bill Coleman/Henri Chaix: The Three C’s

Each American appears separately with Swiss pianist Chaix’s band, so it isn’t exactly the summit meeting promised in the title,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2013

Andy Bey: The World According To Andy Bey

Andy Bey

Although his profile is by no means commensurate with his talent, the 73 year-old continues to make music that assures...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2013

Kenny Garrett: Pushing the World Away

Benito Gonzalez | Vernell Brown | Brian Sanders | Mark Whitfield Jr | Jen Herman | McClenty Hunter | Kenny Garrett | Ravi Best | Corcoran Holt | Jean Baylor

Last year’s Seeds from the Underground CD was a Grammy magnet, collecting two nominations – for ‘solo’ and ‘best instrumental...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013

Esther Marrow: Newport News, Virginia

Good example of Marrow in her post-Ellington Sacred Concert transitional phase, moving into R&B, and recorded in period LA style...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2013

Buddy Rich: No Funny Hats

The 1978 Rich band at a high school date in California, but playing as if their lives depended on it,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2013

Tom Scott: Blow It Out/Intimate Strangers/Street Beat

Tom Scott

If you must point a finger at a clutch of albums that brought us the inglorious phenomenon that is ‘Smooth...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2013

Philip Clouts Quartet: The Hour of Pearl

Alex Keen | Carlos Lopez-Real | Philip Clouts | Jon Desbruslais

Philip Clouts is perhaps best known for his leadership of the world-beat ensemble Zubop. But while Clouts, who was born...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013