Mraz & Viklicky: Duo Art Together Again

A pair of high level Czech jazz veterans reunited: the prolifi c bassist George Mraz and pianist Emil Vicklicky improvise...

Reviewed in issue April/2014

Kühn & Kruglov Duo Art: Moscow

Alexey Kruglov | Joachim Kühn

Kühn, who is something of a closet saxophonist himself, seems to have found a part of his undiscovered self in...

Reviewed in issue April/2014

Iiro Rantala String Trio: Anyone with a Heart

The renowned Finnish pianistcomposer joins up with chamber strings including Polish violinist Adam Baldych and Austrian cellist Asja Valcic (from...

Reviewed in issue April/2014

Catherine & Wind: Duo Art – New Folks

Philip Catherine | Martin Wind

Back in the mists of ancient jazz time, Charles Mingus gave Belgian guitarist Philip Catherine the nickname ‘Young Django’. Several...

Reviewed in issue March/2014

Michael Wollny Trio: Weltentraum

Tim Lefebvre | Tim LeFebvre | Eric Schaefer | Theo Bleckmann | Michael Wollny

With regular bassist Eva Kruse taking a sabbatical following the birth of her second child, the critically acclaimed piano trio...

Reviewed in issue March/2014

Simcock & Goloubev: Duo Art: Reverie at Schloss Elmau

Gwilym Simcock | Yuri Goloubev

Following his Mercury-nominated solo CD Good Days at Schloss Elmau recorded for Munich's ACT label in 2012, the acclaimed English...

Reviewed in issue March/2014

Nils Landgren: Eternal Beauty

Nils Landgren | Rasmus Kihlberg | Lisa Nilsson | Lars Danielson | Johan Norberg | Michael Wollny

Best known for his funk outfits, Landgren may yet be best loved for the delicate melancholy of his ballad albums....

Reviewed in issue March/2014

Gwilym Simcock and the City of London Sinfonia: Instrumation

Thomas Gould | John Parricelli | Gwilym Simcock | Will Schofield | Yuri Goloubev | Martin France

Now he's lost the tag of the new jazz piano boy wonder, Gwilym Simcock's new recordings seem to get much...

Reviewed in issue February/2014

Jeanette Köhn and Swedish Radio Choir: New Eyes on Baroque

Jeanette Köhn | Nils Landgren | Jonas Knutsson | Swedish Radio Choir | Eva Kruse | Gustaf Sjökvist | Johan Norberg

Purists, look away now. Purcell, Handel and Bach weren't jazzers and didn't compose with off-the-cuff excursions on the modern trombone...

Reviewed in issue February/2014

Pete York and Young Friends: Basiecally Speaking

Andi Kissenbeck | Gabor Bolla | Wolfgang Schmid | Pete York | Torsten Goods

Here's a dose of goodtime Friday night music that should have you dancing in the aisles. Producer Siggi Loch's relationship...

Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2013/2014