Ivo Perelman: One

Dionne Bennett | Asaf Sirkis | Jason Rebello | Hossam Ramzy | Tim Garland | Ant Law

So prolific is this Brazilian saxophonist that it is hard to believe that he doesn’t actually rent rooms in the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2016

Brahja Waldmann’s Quartet: Cosmic Brahjas/Closer to the Tones

This young Montreal-New York-based alto saxophonist-composer’s 2-CD set has two different quartet set ups: Cosmic… is restlessly quirky, while Closer…...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013

Nick Sanders Trio: Nameless Neighbours

Fred Hersch produced this very impressive piano trio debut CD by a young New Orleans-raised, classical-trained pianist who writes strong,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013

Michael Wollny: Wunderkammer XXL

Tamar Halperin | Jim McNeely | hr-Big Band | Michael Wollny

Wunderkammer XXL is a Collector’s Edition two-CD set that reissues Wollny’s 2009 Wunderkammer, a duet collaboration with Tamar Halperin, together...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2013

Benny Goodman: Complete Legendary Carnegie Hall Concert

One of the greatest of all concerts, really nicely presented in quite decent sound, and for anyone who doesn’t have...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2013

Coleman Hawkins: Alive! At The Village Gate 1962

Roy Eldridge | Major Holley | Eddie Locke | Coleman Hawkins | Johnny Hodges | Tommy Flanagan

Primarily a free blowing quartet session (disc one) it’s with the arrival of Eldridge and Hodges (disc two) that things...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2013

Joel Harrison 19: Infinite Possibility

A guitarist-vocalist with an artful knack of finding links between Americana and contemporary jazz in constantly shifting settings, this time...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013

Joachim Kühn Trio: Voodoo Sense

Koussi Bessan Joseph | Archie Shepp | Majid Bekkas | Ramon Lopez | Joachim Kühn

Now 69, Joachim Kühn has held the mantle of Germany’s pre-eminent jazz pianist for several decades now with good reason....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2013

Mike Gibbs + Twelve: Play Gil Evans

Sarah Williams | Michael Janisch | Percy Pursglove | Mark Nightingale | Mike Gibbs | Lluis Mather | Hans Koller | Joe Auckland | Jeff Williams | Robbie Robson

It’s taken last year’s tribute concerts to coax a new album out of Gibbs. He’s clearly a connoisseur of Evans...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2013

Kentyah Presents M1, Brian Jackson: Evolutionary Minded: Furthering The Legacy Of Gil Scott-Heron

Dead Prez | Chuck D | Daniel Alzamorra Dickin | Jerry Stucker | M1 Stickman | Kentyah | Krishna Booker | Blackbyrd McKnight | Airto | One Drop Scott

Although the passing of Gil Scott-Heron in 2011 continues to cast a long shadow over contemporary black music, it should...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2013