Penny Rimbaud: Arthur Rimbaud in Verdun

Ingrid Laubrock | Louise Elliott | Penny Rimbaud | Evan Parker

Though still beloved as co-founder of original anarchist punk unit Crass, Penny Rimbaud has, for the last 20 years, been...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2021

Louis Jordan: The Fifties Collection 1951-1958

Thurber Jay | Jesse Simpkins | Machito | Aaron Izenhall | Eddie Johnson | Chester Lane | Budd Johnson | Oliver Nelson | Bob Bushnell | Marty Flax

By 1951 some of Louis Jordan's songs were already well-known and he was internationally established as a major entertainer. So,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2021

The MIYUMI Project: The Best of The MIYUMI Project

Tatsu Aoki | a range of taiko

The MIYUMI Project's singular aim is to wed Japanese taiko (drums and drumming) and what is essentially free jazz. Tatsu...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2021

The Golden Age of Steam: Tomato Brain

Ruth Goller | Alex Bonney | Kit Downes | Tim Giles | James Allsopp

This one-take improvisation gives a singular context to James Allsopp's sax, his sketched compositions growing in the dank electronica of...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: February/2021

Dupont–Argüelles–Berjeaut: Trio Kosmos

British born Paris-based drummer Steve Argüelles prefers the ambient electronica-influenced end of jazz in contrast to his sax brother Julian's...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2021

Phil Dawson Quintet: It's Time

Gaspar Sena | Rowland Sutherland | Matheus Nova | Phil Dawson | Khaditjatou Doyneh | Lekan Bablola | Mario Rodriguez

The British guitarist Phil Dawson is a fixture of a plethora of Brit-jazz bands and international roots outfits; his nuanced...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: February/2021

Janne Mark: Kontinent

Bjørn Heebøll | Nils Økland | Eaben Eyermann | Janne Mark | Henrik Gunde | Arve Henriksen

Impressive in conception, deft in execution, this is highly creative Nordic contemporary music. Diverse conceptually yet thematically strong in construction,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2021

Charlie Parker & Lennie Tristano: Complete Recordings

Charlie Parker

A less cohesive collection than the other Parker reissue album reviewed above, this has a couple of airshots, a studio...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2021

Satoko Fujii/Natsuki Tamura/Ikue Mori: Prickly Pear Cactus

Natsuki Tamura | Satoko Fujii | Ikue Mori

Satoko Fujii, the respected and prolific Tokyo-born piano original, counts mid-1990s meetings with Paul Bley at the New England Conservatory...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: February/2021

J Peter Schwaim and Arve Henriksen: Neuzeit

Arve Henriksen | J. Peter Schwaim

It is probably fair to say that Arve Henriksen has never really been given the credit he deserves as a...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2021