Tord Gustavsen: The Well

Tore Brunborg | Jarle Vespestad | Tord Gustavsen | Mats Eilertsen

It came as something of surprise that after an impressive trilogy of albums in the trio format, when his compositional...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2012

Pete Thomas: Midnight in the Naked City

Putting the big sleaze back into sax playing and rightly so, Thomas plays nu-bluesy noirs in a for-charity CD....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2012

Hession/Wilkinson/Fell: Two Falls & A Submission

Paul Hession | Simon H. Fell | Alan Wilkinson

The Saturday afternoon wrestling analogy that underpins this live recording couldn't be more apt. As a trio, these three hugely...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2012

Eddie Daniels Roger Kellaway: Live at the Library of Congress

A typically high class set on an Americana theme from a symphony-meets-swing clarinet-piano duo split between songbook classics and originals....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2012

Lisa Mezzacappa and Nightshade: Cosmic Riff

A bassist leads an acoustic-electronic quintet, creating some musical parallels to a series of contemporary abstract impressionist paintings....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2012

TrioVD: X

By rights, the new EP from Leedsbased prankster-terrorists, trioVD, should have followed in the footsteps of Rage Against the Machine,...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2015

Tim Berne: Snakeoil

Tim Berne | Ches Smith | Matt Mitchell | Oscar Noriega

Tim Berne, noted explorer of the tensions between composition and improvisation, knew exactly what he was doing in assembling his...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2012

Martin Taylor and Alan Barnes: Two For The Road

As with his album with pianist Dave Newton, this has Woodville's Alan Barnes close up and personal in a duo...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2012

Nicole Mitchell: Awakening

Nicole Mitchell | Avreeayl Ra | Harrison Bankhead | Jeff Parker

Of late, the Windy City flautist has showcased her skills as a composer and arranger through work with her excellent...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2012

Robert Glasper: Black Radio

Chris Dave | Mos Def | Derrick Hodge | Robert Glasper | Casey Benjamin | Stokley Williams | Musiq Soulchild | Meshell Ndegeocello | Lupe Fiasco | Erykah Badu

This is not a jazz album as such. Debate over whether it even belongs in these pages may well consume...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2012