Benedikt Jahnel Trio: Equilibrium

Benedikt Jahnel's day job may be as a researcher in mathematics at Ruhr university in Bochum, Germany, but he has...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2013

Chet Baker/Philip Catherine/Jean-Louis Rassinfosse: Crystal Bells

Chet Baker | Philip Catherine | Jean-Louis Rassinfosse

Since slipping into the public domain, the ‘lyrical’ tracks keep popping up in various guises almost to the point of...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Sam Rivers, Dave Holland, Barry Altschul: Reunion: Live in New York

Dave Holland | Barry Altschul | Sam Rivers

When I think of Sam Rivers – and I do – I don't think of his great Blue Note records...

Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

René von Grünig/Mark Wingfield: Cinema Obscura

The idea of making ‘imaginary soundtracks’ is one of the most enduring clichés in music – but people will insist...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2013

Esmond Selwyn: Renegade

Double disc from a veteran Joe Pass/Tal Farlow-influenced guitarist who sounds fluid and solid soloing on bop-based standards, even if...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Kekko Fornarelli Kube: Room of Mirrors

Luca Bulgarelli | Gianlivio Liberti | Kekko Fornarelli

The thirtysomething Bari-born pianist's Kube trio has been turning heads on the European circuit, including a date this autumn at...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

1982 + BJ Cole

Americana takes on some slender, magical eerie textures in the hands of pedal steel guitarist BJ Cole and Norwegian Hardanger...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Mike Hobart's Urban Jazz Collective: The Third Fish

Danny Keane | Chris Lee | Boukie | Mhe Hobart | Sven Atterton

If you believe critics are just frustrated musicians, this new recording by Financial Times jazz correspondent Mike Hobart might cause...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

National Youth Jazz Orchestra: The Change

Lucques Curtis | Zhenya Strigalev | Federico Dannemann | Obed Calvaire

The major change in the album title is of course the retirement of NYJO's founder, Bill Ashton, after a distinguished...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Denise Donatelli: Soul Shadows

A 2010 Grammy-nominated LA-based chanteuse takes the mainstream jazz vocal route on a set with pianist Geoffrey Keezer at the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013