Nguyên Lê with Michael Gibbs and NDR Bigband: Celebrating The Dark Side Of The Moon

Jörg Achim Keller | Youn Sun Nah | Jürgen Attig | Nguyên Lê | Vladyslav Sendecki | Gary Husband

Sam Yahel, of Josh Redman's Elastic band, had a good instrumental crack at Dark Side, and now Nguyên Lê sets...

Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Various Artists: Magic Moments 7 Sounds of Surprise

A taster disc from the multicultural riches of Siggi Loch's high profile Munich label covering a wide spectrum of artists...

Reviewed in issue July/2015

Michael Wollny Trio: Weltentraum Live — Philharmonie Berlin

Tim Lefebvre | Tim LeFebvre | Eric Schaefer | Michael Wollny

When Weltentraum was released in early 2014, there was an excitement about the album that seemed to suggest the next...

Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Émile Parisien Quartet: Spezial Snack

Sylvain Darrifourcq | Julien Touéry | Ivan Gélugne | Émile Parisien

This is the kind of super-smart, semi-abstracted, hyper-deconstructed music making that benefits greatly from a little interpretive contextualisation to help...

Reviewed in issue November/2014

Marcotulli & Biondini Duo Art: La Strada Invisibile

Luciano Biondini | Rita Marcotulli

‘Sometimes less is more when it comes to creating magical moments’: so says Siggi Loch's ACT label of its ‘Duo...

Reviewed in issue November/2014

Tobias Christl: Wildern

From the Munich label's Young German Jazz series, this vocalist takes a singularly grungy jazz angle on everything from New...

Reviewed in issue November/2014

Rigmor Gustafsson: When You Make Me Smile

Martin Höper | Rigmor Gustafsson | Jonas Holgersson | Jonas Östholm

Fans of Swedish vocalist Rigmor Gustafsson will know that she seeks out unique musical situations for her recordings: think of...

Reviewed in issue November/2014

Lars Danielsson: Liberetto II

Magnus Öström | Zohar Fresco | Tigran | John Parricelli | Dominic Miller | Mathias Eick | Cæcilie Norby | Lars Danielsson

Bassist Lars Danielsson has a knack of forming great bands but it doesn't stop there – he somehow manages to...

Reviewed in issue November/2014

Jacob Karlzon 3: Shine

Jacob Karlzon | Robert Mehmet Ikiz | Hans Andersson

Well known for his work with singer Viktoria Tolstoy, as a trio leader Swedish pianist Jacob Karlzon shares much more...

Reviewed in issue October/2014

Jerry Léonide: The Key

Jerry Léonide | Johnny Joseph | Linley Marthe | Gino Chantoiseau | Christophe Chretien | Benjamin Petit | Woz Kaly | Vincent Le Quang | Fannie Klein | Fred Grenade

Seen recently in London with American vocalist Somi, Léonide is the young piano prodigy from Mauritius, a territory that punches...

Reviewed in issue October/2014