Julian Lage: Squint

Julian Lage

Lage was first signed by a major recording company back in 2008, and on Sounding Point and Gladwell on Universal's...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2021

GoGo Penguin: GGP/RMX

Chris Illingworth

Manchester's post-rave piano trio have seen their pioneering achievements somewhat bypassed by the wave of UK jazz which broke only...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: June/2021

Rachel Musson: Dreamsing

Rachel Musson

With so little opportunity for collaboration, instrumentalists have gone down the solo route, One such musician-composer is London-based experimental saxophonist...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2021

Fast, Loose and Out of Control: Bare Essentials

New Zealand native drummer Ed Ware and Norwegian trumpeter Audun Waage got together to record this unusual duo album in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2021

Sons of Kemet: Black to the Future

Shabaka Hutchings

The fourth LP by the Shabaka Hutchings-led ‘super-quartet’ Sons of Kemet comes with a mission statement reinforcing the politics at...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2021

Jen Shyu & Jade Tongue: Zero Grasses: Ritual For The Losses

Jen Shyu

Since her emergence as a vital member of Steve Coleman's bands in the 2010s, vocalist Jen Shyu has gone on...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2021

Dario Piccioni: Carpet Stories

This eloquent acoustic Italian piano trio, led by bassist Dario Piccioni, is dedicated to a collective lyricism but it also...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2021

Alexa Tarantino: Firefly

Alexa Tarantino

Gillece and this rhythm trio featured on his Posi-Tone album Still Doing Our Thing reviewed in our May edition. Here...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2021

Daniel Weiss: Drive

Daniel Weiss

Weiss achieved early international coverage as a participant in Guitar Idol 2016 which still crops up on Sky Arts, He's...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2021

Marius Neset: A New Dawn

Marius Neset

A solo tenor sax performance is no easy task but the Norwegian saxophonist– composer Marius Neset might strike you as...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2021