Solstice: Food for Thought

Dave Manington | Tori Freestone | Will Glaser | Jez Franks | Brigitte Beraha | John Turville

Solstice lay before you such a tasting menu of musical treats, it's hard to know where to begin: Jez Franks'...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2021

Nubiyan Twist: Freedom Fables

Nick Richards | Finn Booth | Pilo Adami | Tom Excell | Denis Scully | Cherise | Ego Ella May | Pat Thomas | Ria Moran | Soweto Kinch

Freedom Fables is an impressive follow-up to 2019's Jungle Run, which blends contemporary soul, Highlife, funk and more. The opener...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: February/2021

César Cardoso: Dice of Tenors

Utilising a wealth of experience composing for large scale ensembles, Portuguese tenorist Cardoso leads an octet, offering inventive latin-inspired arrangements...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2021

Joe Stilgoe: Stilgoe in the Shed

Joe Stilgoe

Stilgoe in the Shed, the UK vocalist, pianist and songwriter's eighth album, recreates the series of daily online shows which...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/2020

Michael Garrick Septet ft. Joe Harriott: …At Short Notice

Ian Carr | Stan Robinson | Michael Garrick | Joe Harriott | Trevor Tomkins | Don Rendell | Coleridge Goode

As the classic 1950s and 60s jazz recordings slip into the public domain, more and more labels fall over themselves...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: December/2020

Tom Guarna: Spirit Science

Guarna shows himself to be an assertive, versatile jazz guitarist as well as dynamic composer-leader of a hip, top-tier NYC...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: December/2020

Tenderlonious: Ragas From Lahore Improvisations with Jaubi

Tenderlonious | Nick Walters

If ever proof were needed that flautist, saxophonist, producer, label boss and Gurkha's son Ed ‘Tenderlonious’ Cawthorne is one of...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2020

Benjamin Koppel/ Kenny Werner/ Scott Colley/Jack DeJohnette: The Art of the Quartet

Scott Colley | Jack DeJohnette | Benjamin Koppel | Kenny Werner

One of the finest alto saxophonists in jazz, the pan-stylistic Benjamin Koppelhas, since the turn of the millennium, steadily risen...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: December/2020

Dino Saluzzi: Albores

Dino Saluzzi

The great Argentinean composer and bandoneon player Dino Saluzzi has been releasing on ECM since 1982, latterly framing his fluid,...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2020

EYOT: 557799

Marko Stojiljkovic | Pete Judge | Dejan Ilijic | Milos Vojvodic | Sladjan Milenovic | Jake McMurchie

It's fitting that Pete Judge guests on the opening ‘Dodola’ because EYOT share some of Get The Blessing's forward-charging energy...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: December/2020