Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Quartet: Beautiful Friendship

This young guitarist and bassist are students of an easy going brand of straightahead, and here join a couple of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2013

Emy Tseng: Sonho

A Washington DC-based, Taiwanese vocalist who favours a post-bossa repertoire and is influenced by artists such as Paula Morelenbaum and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2013

Carsten Dahl: Solo Piano

Jean-Michel Pilc

Carsten Dahl, a graduate of the Rhythmic Conservatory in Copenhagen, began as a drummer but switched to piano – an...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2015

Ron Carter Golden Striker Trio: San Sebastian

Mulgrew Miller | Russell Malone | Ron Carter

When a man gets old his reflexes slow down and he starts to take life easier. It's only natural, especially...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: April/2013

Bora Çeliker: Borabook

The debut from a Turkish guitarist/composer who favours an explicit fusion of hard bop and jazz rock in a quintet...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2013

Fire! Orchestra: Exit!

Elin Larsson | Mats Äleklint | Andreas Werliin | Emil Strandberg | David Stackenäs | Niklas Barnö | Sofia Jernberg | Sten Sandell | Anna Högberg | Christer Bothén

Fire! Orchestra draws together key figures from Stockholm's overlapping jazz, rock and experimental scenes, building a mammoth 31-piece ensemble around...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2013

Neil Ardley: A Symphony Of Amaranths

Harold Beckett | Dick Hart | Barbara Thompson | Karl Jenkins | Stan Tracey | Dave Gelly | Derek Watkins | Don Rendell | Norma Winstone | Frank Ricotti

Sometimes a recording is special not for its content but for what it signifies. This welcome, long-awaited first CD release...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2013

In the Country: Sunset, Sunrise

Roger Arntzen | Morten Qvenild | Pal Hausken

Although this is In the Country's fifth album, it marks their debut on the ACT label having previously recorded for...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2013

Helena Jesele: Sweet Sticky Fix

Boasting model looks on the CD sleeve, this Manchester-born singer-songwriter is sure to turn heads if not perhaps for her...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2013

Heather Masse and Dick Hyman: Lock My Heart

A young mainstream vocalist and veteran pianist go down tin pan alley together catching some of the warmth and melancholy...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2013