Ralph Towner/Gary Burton: Matchbook

Gary Burton | Ralph Towner

Gary Burton's duets with Chick Corea that garnered four Grammy awards over the years tend to blot out the light...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Louis Sclavis Quintet: Rouge

François Raulin | Bruno Chevillon | Louis Sclavis | Dominique Pifarély | Christian Ville

I don't know what the Frenchman's inspiration for the title of this recording was – Rouge (Red) – but there's...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Dave Torn/Tim Berne/Ches Smith: Sun of Goldfinger

Mike Baggetta | Tim Berne | Ches Smith | David Torn | Ryan Ferreira | Craig Taborn

Put the cat out, loosen the trousers, pour a long one, shut your eyes and when you come round in...

Reviewed in issue May/2019

Mike Nock: Ondas

Jon Christensen | Mike Nock | Eddie Gomez

Pianist Mike Nock, born in New Zealand but now a long established pillar of the Australian jazz scene, had a...

Reviewed in issue May/2019

Eberhard Weber: The Following Morning

Philharmonic Orchestra, Oslo | Eberhard Weber | Rainer Brüninghaus

The bassist Eberhard Weber has been a pivotal artist in terms of the evolution of an ECM sound, debuting with...

Reviewed in issue May/2019

Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn: The Transitory Poems

Vijay Iyer | Craig Taborn

Taborn's recent astounding solo piano gig at the Vortex confirmed what many of us have argued for some time: he...

Reviewed in issue May/2019

Bobo Stenson: War Orphans

Jon Christensen | Bobo Stenson | Anders Jormin

Between 1993 and 2000, Bobo Stenson recorded a trilogy of albums with Jordan and Christensen – Reflections (1993), War Orphans...

Reviewed in issue May/2019

Giovanni Guidi: Avec Le Temps

Italian piano star Guidi leads his regular trio of gifted US bassist Thomas Morgan and assertive reeds player/compatriot Francesco Bearzatti...

Reviewed in issue May/2019

Dominic Miller: Absinthe

Santiago Arias | Nicolas Fizsman | Manu Katché | Dominic Miller | Mike Lindup

‘Atmosphère! Atmosphère!’ as Arletty famously intoned in Marcel Carné's classic 1938 film Hôtel du Nord – Dominic Miller's second release...

Reviewed in issue May/2019

Mats Eilertsen: And Then Comes The Night

Mats Eilertsen | Thomas Strønen | Harmen Fraanje

The 43-year-old Norwegian bassist Mats Eilertsen is one of the most experienced, go-to musicians of his generation, having worked with...

Reviewed in issue March/2019