Marcus Joseph: Beyond the Dome

Blasio Kavuma | Jan Regulski | Tony Kofi | Theon Cross | Benjamin Kwasi Burrell | Randolph Matthews | Marcus Joseph | Nathaniel Cross | Dirdre Cooper | Wayne Matthews

Leicester native Marcus Joseph has already racked up a wide-ranging set of musical experiences, from youth orchestras to stints as...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: May/2021

J-Sound: Loose Tongue

A spirited young German four piece led by trumpeter Jason Schneider pick up inspiration from modal-into-electric era Miles while giving...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2021

Roni Ben-Hur: Stories

Roni Ben-Hur

“Recording Stories has been a unique and very fulfilling experience,” explains guitarist Roni Ben-Hur, “allowing me to incorporate songs I...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2021

Chris Potter Circuits Trio: Sunrise Reprise

Chris Potter | James Francies | Eric Harland

Sometimes recordings are all about the timing, and we're not talking about a musical pulse here. Whether it's the cathartic...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2021

Sounds of A&R: Questions Left Unanswered…

Charlie Sigler | Randall Haywood | James Austin | April May Webb | Jacob Webb | Nathan Webb | Riza Printup

Singer April May Webb and trumpeter Randall Haywood are A and R, with an origin story portentously recalled in ‘Thus...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2021

Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Question And Answer 1966

Paul Rutherford | Bruce Cale | Trevor Watts | John Stevens

Recorded in the same year that drummer John Stevens' Spontaneous Music Ensemble released their debut LP Challenge on the obscure...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: May/2021

John Goldsby Trio: Segment

Billy Test | Hans Dekker | John Goldsby

Until now, my experience of Goldsby's bass playing was limited to albums by the WDR big-band, where he's been resident...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2021

Sam Braysher Trio: Dance Little Lady, Dance Little Man

Jorge Rossy | Tom Farmer | Sam Braysher

Sam Braysher has ploughed his own furrow across the crowded field of contemporary jazz, gaining plaudits for his hip, refreshingly...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: May/2021

Eriend Apneseth Trio: Lokk

The Hardanger fiddle specialist Apneseth makes an otherworldly combination of native folk sounds, Indian Raga, electronica and field samples seem...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2021

Weichplast: Rattenplage Wegen Magahitze

This Leipzig-Zurich sax-bass-drums trio are not for the faint-hearted; claiming to be ‘treading the abyss between Kafka and Coltrane, Brötzmann...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2021