Tom Bancroft: Trio Red: First Hello to Last Goodbye

Per Zanussi | Tom Bancroft | Tom Cawley

Tom Bancroft is an influential figure on the Scottish jazz and music scene. Besides his success in bringing new initiatives...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2012

Grégoire Maret

Federico G. Peña | Clarence Penn | Grégoire Maret | James Genus | Brandon Ross

Over the past decade his services have been called on by Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Cassandra Wilson and Marcus Miller,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2012

Ryan Meagher: Tone

This New York-based guitarist-composer draws on pastoral indie guitar rock as well as post-bop for a quintet that includes Kneebody's...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2012

Oscar Peterson Trio: The Trio Live From Chicago

Oscar Peterson | Ray Brown | Ed Thigpen

Though the covers of the accompanying booklets are almost identical, the four bonus tracks on this public domain release are...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2012

Hot Club of San Francisco: Live @ Yoshi' SF

Fresh arrangements of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli gypsy swing favourites by guitarist Paul Mehling with Isabelle Fontaine guesting on...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2012

Joe Alexander Quintet: Blue Jubilee

For those older readers who search the new releases section in vain for familiar names, here's one even you may...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2013

Rick Simpson: Semi Wogan

Dave Manington | Rick Simpson | Jon Scott | George Crowley | Brigitte Beraha

What an odd title. It's not explained in the liner notes or obviously alluded to in the abstract cover artwork...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2012

Simon Goubert: Background

Michel Zenino | Pierrick Pedron | Simon Goubert | Sophia Domancich | Boris Blanchet | Emmanuel Codjia

Simon Goubert and Sophia Domancich made strong impressions when they played at Elton Dean's benefit a few years ago. These...

Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: September/2012

Urumchi: Nar(r)

Singing and improvising in both the Kazakh and Turkish languages, Saadet Tüköz leads this Swiss-based, oddly eerie avant folk-cabaret band....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2012

Joe Morris/William Parker/Gerald Cleaver: Altitude

Joe Morris | William Parker | Gerald Cleaver

As Morris says in his sleeve notes, the accent is on ‘the long form.’ With each of the opening two...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2012