Hasaan Ibn Ali: Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album

Odean Pope | Art Davis | Hassan Ibn Ali | Kahlil Madi

At first sight, you might think this is one for collectors of obscurities. The pianist and composer Hasaan Ibn Ali...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2021

Greg Abate: Magic Dance – The Music of Kenny Barron

Dezron Douglas | Johnathan Blake | Kenny Barron | Greg Abate

Now 73, Abate is a familiar figure for British jazz audiences as he tours here regularly. We know him mostly...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2021

Vijay Iyer Trio: Uneasy

Vijay Iyer | Tyshawn Sorey | Linda May Han Oh

New York pianist-composer Vijay Iyer has led many kinds of bands in an eventful career but the trio has been...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2021

Behn Gillece: Still Doing Our Thing

Art Hirahara | Boris Kozlov | Behn Gillece | Nicole Glover | Rudy Royston

We know Kozlov from his many tours with the Mingus Big Band and Royston has been around a while but...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2021

Greg Skaff: Polaris

Greg Skaff | Ron Carter | Albert ‘Tootie’ Heath

The last time Ron Carter and Albert ‘Tootie' Heath worked together was in 1993, for an all-star session called The...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2021

Echoes of Zoo: Breakout

Formed out of a few ace Belgian bands including Black Flower and De Beren Geiren, Echoes of Zoo persuasively mix...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2021

Keith Tippett, Paul Dunmall, Philip Gibbs, Pete Fairclough: Onosante

Paul Dunmall | Philip Gibbs | Pete Fairclough | Keith Tippett

This improvised gem, released in 2000 as a limited edition on Paul Dunmall's Duns label, resurfaces as the first of...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: May/2021

David Kikoski: Sure Thing

Boris Kozlov | David Kikoski

I was first aware of Kikoski playing in Roy Haynes's 1993 group, but the pianist and Kozlov got to know...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2021

Tobias Meinhart: The Painter

Eden Ladin | Matt Penman | Charles Altura | Ingrid Jensen | Tobias Meinhart | Obed Calvaire

Meinhart is Bavarian, but settled in New York following his jazz studies. This is his sixth album; even so, he's...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2021

Biorn Quartet

Congratulations are in order for the Swedish saxophonist Björn Almgren who has taken all of 25 years to form a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2021