Carsten Dahl Trinity: Mirrors Within

Nils Bosse Davidsen | Carsten Dahl | Stefan Pasborg

Carsten Dahl and his collaborators, Nils Bosse Davidsen and Stefan Pasborg, don't talk to one another. Or at least they...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2021

Benoit Delbecq: The Weight of Light

Benoit Delbecq

Benoit Delbecq possesses an impressively long discography as befits a highly respected pianist on the French improv scene. Before deciding...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2021

Leon Lee Dorsey/Harold Mabern/Mike Clark: Thank You, Mr. Mabern

Mike Clark | Harold Mabern | Leon Lee Dorsey

Recorded at the studio of nominal leader Dorsey and launching his new label, this is a typical programme of Mabern's...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2021

Usiskin/Oliver DUO

This free-ish improv duo of young London-scene drummer Ollie Ususkin and veteran cellist Max Oliver displays a close empathy, favouring...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2021

Gary Lucas: The Essential Gary Lucas

Gary Lucas

The 36 vibrantly performed tracks that make up this career-spanning compilation of guitarist Gary Lucas' numerous recordings is the follow...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: March/2021

Mo Foster and Friends: In Concert

Mo Foster

Listen to Mo Foster and you are listening to 60 years of British popular music. Has anyone played bass in...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2021

Out to Dinner: Play On

While the band moniker is a play on Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch, the Play On album also explores the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2021

Diego Pinera: Odd Wisdom

Diego Pinera | Scott Colley | Donny McCaslin | Ben Monder

Berlin-based drummer Diego Pinera, who hails from Montevideo, Uruguay, says he studied music in places where it came from –...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2021

Gerry Weil: The Message

Gerry Weil

Keyboardist-composer Gerry Weil's second album The Message, recorded in 1971, was a well-kept secret among Venezuelan avant-garde jazz and rock...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2021

Enrico Pieranunzi and Bert Joris: Afterglow

Enrico Pieranunzi | Bert Joris

In these dark times, it is wonderful to hear an album on which every track is a joy, an illuminating...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2021