Ilia Skibinsky: The Passage

Edward Perez | Glenn Zaleski | Matt Jodrell | Joe Deninzon | Mike Moreno | Colin Stranahan | Ilia Skibinsky | Matthew Silberman

As regular readers may already know, this reviewer is an ardent admirer of independent-minded American altoist David Binney.He has his...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: April/2013

Bob Wolfman: Transition

Elsen Price | Stuart Vandegraaf | Metin Yilmaz | Alexander Inman-Hislop | Zela Margossian | Adem Yilmaz

Despite his name, Bob Wolfman is a clean-cut lad with a country-rock-jazz guitar style, a light, high-pitched voice and a...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: August/2019

Merzbow/Pandi Gustafsson: Cuts

Balazs Pandi | Mats Gustafsson | Merzbow

Merzbow – aka Masami Akita – is the Japanese artist generally regarded as a godfather of harsh noise, responsible, since...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2013

Liane Carroll: Ballads

Gary Peacock | Mark Levinson | Paul Bley | Barry Altschul

While you're grateful for one, possibly two, heart-stopping moments on your average CD, with a Liane Carroll album you soon...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2019

Red Garland Bright and Breezy: The Nearness of You

Life after Miles for Red Garland led to these excellent trio sessions that show him in a reflective light that...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2013

Ingrid Laubrock Anti-House: Strong Place

Mary Halvorson | Tom Rainey | John Hébert | Ingrid Laubrock | Kris Davis

Like Scotland's Seb Rochford, Norway's Arve Henriksen and America's Mary Halvorson, Ingrid Laubrock is a musician apparently incapable of playing...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: April/2013

Louis Lester Band: Dancing on the Edge

Simon Gardner | Matthew Senior | John Parricelli | Dave Bishop | Paul Englishby | Martin Robertson | Chris Storr | Pat Clahar | Jay Phelps | Nick Moss

Composer Adrian Johnston's music for the Louis Lester Band, the fictional 1930s black British jazz band whose story was told...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: April/2013

Globestars: See the World

A 2-CD set showcasing a large ensemble – a mix of veteran staples and new protégées of the straightahead Swedish...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2013

Willis Jackson: One-Day Session

Prestige recorded Jackson and Brother Jack McDuff for a day in May 1959, issuing the results on five albums –...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2013

Barbara Lea: A Woman In Love/Barbara Lea/Lea in Love

Lea's 1950s recordings of the Great American Songbook are rightly regarded as gems, and this collation of her Riverside and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2013