Verneri Pohjola Quartet with Aki Rissanen: Ancient History

Jukka Perko | Anti Lötjönen | Verneri Pohjola | Tatu Rönkkö | Joonas Riippa | Aki Rissanen

Trumpeter Verneri Pohjola is perhaps the best known of a younger generation of Finnish musicians who are making an impact...

Reviewed in issue April/2012

Jens Thomas: Speed of Grace

Verneri Phojola | Jens Thomas

With the blues providing the source material for both jazz and classic rock, you might expect this project to work...

Reviewed in issue April/2012

Sidney Bechet: Petite Fleur

Klaus Heidenreich | Thorsten Benkenstein | Thomas Gramatzki | Ingo Lahme | Don Gottshall | Ingolf Burkhardt | Fiete Fisch | Ingmar Heller | Peter Bolte | Sebastian Gille

A good cross section of Bechet from 1932-1942, although the selection is somewhat arbitrary, and there are better anthologies around....

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Album Interview: Vijay Iyer Trio: Accelerando

Marcus Gilmore | Vijay Iyer | Stephan Crump

The Vijay Iyer trio has the potential to alter the scope, ambition and language of jazz piano forever, and with...

Reviewed in issue March/2012

Michael Wollny's [em]: Wasted & Wanted

Eric Schaefer | Eva Kruse | Michael Wollny

It's no longer [em], but Michael Wollny's [em] (pictured, below, left), but don't read anything into that. “A lot of...

Reviewed in issue March/2012

Ulf Wakenius: Vagabond

Eric Wakenius | Vincent Peirani | Youn Sun Nah | Lars Danielsson | Ulf Wakenius | Nguyên Lê | Michael Dahlvid

Hats off to guitarist Ulf Wakenius for courageously forging a new musical identity and doing so with more success than...

Reviewed in issue March/2012

Radio.string.quartet.vienna: Radiodream

Igmar Jenner | Cynthia Liao | Asja Valcic | Bernie Mallinger

The arrival of the radio.string.quartet.vienna with an unlikely album of compositions from one of the loudest bands in jazz history,...

Reviewed in issue February/2012

Joachim Kühn and the hr-Bigband: Out of the Desert Live at JazzFest Berlin

Majid Bekkas | Ramon Lopez | Joachim Kühn

In 2007 Kühn's collaboration with Moroccan oud player Majid Bekkas and the Spanish percussionist Ramon Lopez produced the critically acclaimed...

Reviewed in issue February/2012

Joachim Kühn And The HR Big Band: Out of the Desert, Live at JazzFest Berlin

Joachm Kuhn | HR Big Band | Majid Bekkas | Ramon Lopez

In 2007 Kühn's collaboration with Moroccan oud player Majid Bekkas and the Spanish percussionist Ramon Lopez produced the critically acclaimed...

Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Various Artists: In The Spirit Of Jazz: Magic Moments 5

This 18-track album updates a series that samples tracks from this prime Munich label’s array of Euro jazz artists such...

Reviewed in issue November/2011