Dave Green Trio with Evan Parker: Raise Four

Dave Green | Gene Calderazzo | Iain Dixon | Evan Parker

The radio broadcaster Jez Nelson refers to Dave Green as ‘British Jazz Royalty’ in the liner notes of this archive...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2022

Stan Tracey: The 1959 Sessions

Kenny Napper | Stan Tracey | Tony Crombie | Phil Seaman

On 22 and 23 May, 1959, the Stan Tracey Trio – Tracey, Napper and Seaman – recorded Little Klunk for...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2022

Dieter Ilg: Dedication

Dieter Ilg

The 60-year-old German bassist Ilg has worked with many and varied leaders such as Randy Brecker, Charlie Mariano, Albert Mangelsdorff...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2022

Sebastian Noelle: System One

Dan Weiss | Matt Mitchell | Chris Tordini | Sebastian Noelle

Sages of various persuasions have probably been giving their pet names to the dialectics of intuition and rationality from the...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2022

Jacob Anderskov: Spirit of the Hive

Carolyn Goodwin | Jacob Anderskov | Tomo Jacobsons | Maria Dybbrae | Matthias Sigurdsson | Asger Thomsen | Calum Builder | Francesco Bigoni | Nils Davidsen | Anders Banke

This LP from composer Anderskov, a project inspired by Maurice Maeterlinck’s classic 1901 essay La Vie des Abeille (The Life...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: March/2022

Joel Lyssarides: Stay Now

Joel Lyssarides | Rasmus Blixt | Niklas Fernqvist

You can’t ignore the stats. With almost 20 national and international jazz awards and prizes to his name in the...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2022

Misha Tsiganov Quintet: Misha's Wishes

Born in the USSR but now resident in the US, Tsiganov is a fine pianist, and even better composer. Here...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: March/2022

Brandon Goldberg: In Good Time

Ralph Peterson | Stacy Dillard | Antoine Drye | Brandon Goldberg | Luques Curtis | Josh Evans

He’s only 15 years of age and he’s on to his second album, this time with Ralph Peterson on drums...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2022

Tara Minton and Ed Babar: Two For The Road

Stan Sulzmann | Tara Minton | Lilia Iontcheva | Ed Babar

This fine duo album from Australian harpist/vocalist Tara Minton and London bassist Ed Babar celebrates a long-standing musical collaboration. Penned...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2022

Keith Tippett, Julie Tippetts, Philip Gibbs, Paul Dunmall: Mahogany Rain

Philip Gibbs | Paul Dunmall | Keith Tippett | Julie Tippetts

Last year saw New York label 577 Records re-release Onosante, a session of quartet improvisations originally released as a limited...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: March/2022