Nico Gori/Fred Hersch: Da Vinci

The duo of the Stefano Bollani sideman and Italian clarinettist Gori, and the quietly influential pianist Hersch play their jauntily...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2012

Kenny Wheeler/Alan Skidmore: Swiss Radio Days–Jazz Live Trio Concert Series Vol. 28

Wheeler | Pierre Favre | Peter Frei | Peter Schmidlin | Alan Skidmore | Skidmore | Kenny Wheeler | Klaus Koenig

Sometimes something quintessential comes one's way as a reviewer. So what makes this so very, very good? Take two soloists...

Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: October/2012

Erena Terabako with Legends: New York Attitude

Erena Terakubo | Lee Pearson | Dominick Farinacci | Ron Carter | Kenny Barron

The legends in question are Ron Carter and Kenny Barron, and they burst into action from the word go. The...

Reviewed by Mike Hobar in issue: October/2012

Vitor Pereira Quintet: Doors

Chris Williams | James Allsopp | Eddie Hick | Vitor Pereira | Ryan Trebilcock

Portuguese guitarist Vitor Pereira moved to London in 2004 to study at Middlesex University under the likes of Stuart Hall...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2012

Chris McGregor: In His Good Time

Chris McGregor

Critic John Fordham once wrote with appropriately simple elegance of Abdullah Ibrahim that he had the ability to suggest whole...

Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: October/2012

Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt: Blues Up & Down

George Brown | Stitt | Gene Ammons | John Houston | Charles Williams

Any musician interested in developing the noble art of swinging should study the methods of these two legendary saxophone groovers....

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: October/2012

George Gruntz: Dig My Trane

Tom Rainey | George Gruntz

The Swiss pianist, composer, arranger and conductor George Gruntz is a major figure on the European jazz scene. His Concert...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2012

Kenny G: Rahul Sharma Namaste

Has the Grammy award-winning pop saxist really gone all Indo-jazz on us? Not while he's still playing the same signature...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2012

Jon Balke: Magnetic Works 1993-2001

Jon Balke | Trond Villa | Jens Petter Antonsen | Audun Kleive | Morten Hannisdal | Henrik Hannisdal | Tore Brunborg | Per Jorgensen | Gertrud Okland | Morten Halle

It's not often that an artist takes the time to set out on paper an analysis of his compositional method....

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: October/2012

Michael Smith: Reflection On Progress

Michael Smith | Kent Carter | Ivan Krillzarin | Laurence Cook

Kentuckian pianist/composer, Michael Smith, seems to have slipped through the cracks of history. He's rarely mentioned now but around the...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2012