Sharp Little Bones: Volumes I & II

Simon Paterson | Paul Deats | Toni Kofi | Andrew Wood

Paterson, Deats and Wood line up as the current house band at Peggy's Skylight in Nottingham and this group –...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2023

Thierry Maillard: Moog Project

Yoann Schmidt | Thierry Maillard | Amaury Faye

Do you remember when bands like Queen used to proclaim proudly on their album sleeves: ‘No synthesisers were used in...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2023

Laila Biali: Your Requests

Kurt Elling | Laila Biali | George Koller | Larnell Lewis | Caity Gyorgy | Emilie-Claire Barlow

This third album on ACT by the exceptionally talented, Vancouver-born vocalist, pianist, and songwriter Laila Biali, showcases a remarkable collection...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2023

John Donegan – The Irish Sextet: Shadows Linger

Richie Buckley | Dan Bodwell | Michael Buckley | John Donegan | John Daly | Linley Hamilton

Donegan is Irish, but is based in London where he runs a local sextet. This though, is his Irish band,...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2023

Tom Ollendorff: Open House

Marc Michel | Tom Ollendorf | Ben Wendel | Conor Chaplin

Tom Ollendorf is making his quiet way towards ubiquity, all in the most charmingly well-manicured way imaginable. His appeal is...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: July/2023

Johnny Hodges Septet: In Concert

Ray Nance | Aaron Bell | Harry Carney | Lawrence Brown | Sam Woodyard | Al Williams | Johnny Hodges

As illustrated by recent archival albums from Bud Powell (reviewed in Jazzwise 269 and 271), SteepleChase had sufficient free time...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2023

Brandon Seabrook's Epic Proportions: brutalovechamp

Brandon Seabrook | Henry Fraser | Sam Ospovat | Eivind Opsvik | Chuck Bettis | Nava Dunkelman | Marika Hughes | John McCowen

For his debut release on Kris Davis’ Pyroclastic Records, maverick NYC axe ace Brandon Seabrook augments his feral Die Trommel...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: July/2023

Steve Barry: In The Waves

Eric Harland | Will Vinson | Thomas Botting | Steve Barry

Steve Barry’s recent projects span classy organ trio jazz with guitarist Hamish Stuart, chamber works and free improv with koto...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2023

George Coleman: Live at Smalls Jazz Club

Joe Farnsworth | Peter Washington | Spike Wilner | George Coleman

This is the fifth album in Smalls’ Living Masters series, and the latest to receive this encomium is the venerable...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2023

Kenny Wheeler: Gnu High

These two facsimile releases of original ECM vinyl, recorded in 1975 and 1979, announce the launch of Luminessence, ECM’s prestigious...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2023