Adi Meyerson: I Want To Sing My Heart Out In Praise of Life

Sabath Perez | Camille Thurman | Kush Abadey | Adi Meyerson | Lucas Pino | Marquis Hill | Eden Girma | Anne Drummond | Sam Towse

Only a brave soul would promote their version of Utopia in times like these – and New York bassist and...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: September/2021

Consorts: Distinctions

Dominic Lash | Seth Cooke | Marjolaine Charbin | Tina Hitchens | Martin Hackett | Chris Cundy | Yoni Silver | Mark Langford | Hannah Marshall | Helen Papaiouannou

Bristol-based double bass player Dominic Lash has a been a steadfast and scholarly figure in the UK improvised music community...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2021

J. Peter Schwalm/Markus Reuter: AUFBRUCH

Schwalm, a one-time Brian Eno collaborator, together with guitarist-producer Reuter, create a dystopian rock-meets-electronica soundscape that's intriguingly balanced between eerily...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2021

Dave Brubeck: Early Years: The Singles Collection1950-52

Paul Desmond | Dave Brubeck | Lloyd Davis | Ron Crotty | Herb Barman | Dick Collins | Bob Collins | Wyatt Ruther | Dave Van Kreidt | Bill Smith

At the dawn of the 1950s, the Weiss brothers, who owned a pressing plant, founded Fantasy Records to take over...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2021

Dominic Lash Quartet: Limulus

Dominic Lash | Ricardo Tejero | Alex Ward | Javier Carmona

Bristol-based double bass player Dominic Lash has a been a steadfast and scholarly figure in the UK improvised music community...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2021

Julian Siegel Jazz Orchestra: Tales From The Jacquard

Mark Nightingale | Oli Hayhurst | Mark Chillingworth | Jason Yarde | Mike Outram | Stan Sulzmann | Henry Lowther | Gene Calderazzo | Liam Noble | Claus Stötter

Julian Siegel has been making difficult things sound natural on most kinds of reed instrument since the mid-1990s, and since...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2021

Diego Rivera: Indigenous

Helen Sung | Boriz Kozlov | Etienne Charles | Donald Edwards | Diego Rivera

New York saxophonist Rivera makes much of his Mexican heritage [he was named for painter Diego Rivera] in his compositional...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2021

Johnny Richards: Build A Friend

Johnny Richards

The pianist-keyboardist Johnny Richards' new recording is the sixth release on this label set up to provide opportunities for improvising...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2021

Orrin Evans: The Magic of Now

Orrin Evans | Immanuel Wilkins | Vicente Archer | Bill Stewart

The most telling creative hallmark of long or deep experience is often an instinct for what to leave out. The...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2021

Tommy Ward: From This Moment On

If you're looking for the next Michael Buble, you'll be advised to wait a while longer as this Vegas-reared young...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2021