Triton: Wilderness of Glass

Saxophonist Alan Wakeman's late 1970s trio, with Nigel Morris, drums, and originally Jeff Clyne, then (as here) Paul Bridge, play...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2012

Avishai Cohen: Duende

Avishai Cohen | Nitai Hershkovits

The charismatic double bassist Avishai Cohen has proved one of the biggest contemporary draws on the jazz club and international...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2012

Bill Evans: Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate

Marty Morell | Bill Evans | Eddie Gomez

The Resonance album is a considerable find, not only in terms of musical content but sound quality. For a live...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2012

Nicky Schrire: Freedom Flight

This London born, New York-based Manhattan School of Music graduate sings from a post-1960s singer-songwriter repertoire but with imaginative jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2012

Paul Van Kemenade: Kaisei

An expressive, diverse and perhaps surprisingly heartfelt outing for Dutch saxophonist Paul Van Kemenade in a trio with Aki Takase...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2012

Frank Wright: Blues For Albert Ayler

Rashied Ali | Frank Wright | Benny Wilson | James Blood Ulmer

A fitting homage to Albert Ayler, this performance reaches boiling point at an early stage. The combination of Wright's hearty,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2012

Mike Reed's People, Places & Things: Clean On The Corner

Mike Reed | Greg Ward | Jason Roebke | Tim Haldeman | Craig Taborn | Josh Berman

This is the other band led by Chicagobased drummer Reed and although notably different to Loose Assembly it has comparable...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2012

Vitaly Golovnev Quartet: What Matters

Zhenya Strigalev | Vitaly Golovnev | Nathan Peck | Pete Zimmer

Trumpeter Vitaly Golovnev recently appeared on St Petersburg-born firebrand alto saxophonist Zhenya Strigalev's quirkily impressive debut released a few months...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2012

Tony-Joe Bucklash

Tony Bevan | Joe Morris | Dominic Lash | Tony Buck

It's tempting (and not entirely inaccurate) to call Tony-Joe Bucklash a transcontinental supergroup of 21st century avant garde music. Brits...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2012

Alister Spence/Raymond MacDonald: Stepping Between the Shadows

Raymond MacDonald | Raymond Macdonald | Alister Spence

Alister Spence is one of the leading lights on the Australian jazz scene whose curriculum vitae includes work with the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2012