Shalosh: Broken Balance

Gadi Stern | David Michaeli | Mattan Assayag

This Tel Aviv piano trio have found their natural home on EST's label, ACT, as they regularly power up rock...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: December/2020

The Kaleidoscope Quintet: Dancing on the Edge

Joe Lovano

Joe Lovano's and Dave Liebman's regular partnerships flowered in the Saxophone Summit supergroup they shared from 1999 with the late...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: December/2020

Frank Woeste: Pocket Rhapsody II

Julien Herné | Stéphane Galland | Gaël Darchen | Clotilde Sébert | Robinson Khoury | Frank Woeste | Eric Vloeimans | Oscar Woeste

Pianist Frank Woeste won praise for his first Pocket Rhapsody album in 2016. Now he's back with Pocket Rhapsody II,...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: December/2020

Ben Wendel: High Heart

Ben Wendell | Shai Maestro | Gerald Clayton | Joe Sanders | Nate Wood | Michael Mayo

Saxophonist Ben Wendel describes High Heart as ‘a project of hope’ at a time when the digital age has challenged...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: December/2020

Nesrine

A mesmerising young Algerian- French cellist-vocalist with a dynamic sense of spatial awareness in her music, with its emphasis on...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: December/2020

Chad McCullough: Forward

This Chicago-based trumpeter, who leads his own quartet has an assertive presence, his melodically inventive, reflective post-bop originals displaying a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: December/2020

Oscar Pettiford: Oscar Pettiford 1958/1959

Hartwig Bartz | Oscar Pettiford | Hans Hammerschmid | Dusko Goykovich | Attila Zoller | Johnny Feigl | Helmut Reinhardt | Helmut Brandt | Lucky Thompson | Rudi Flierl

Pettiford is almost forgotten these days, despite being a huge influence on the next generation of bassists such as Paul...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: December/2020

Multiquarium Big Band featuring Biréli Lagrène: Remembering Jaco

Pierre Perchaud | Peter Erskine | Denis Leloup | Stéphane Guillaume | Biréli Lagrène | Yannick Boudruche | Frédéric Borey | Lucas Saint-Cricq | André Charlier | Stéphane Chausse

As modern-day bass behemoth Christian McBride once quipped: “There's bass before Jaco, and after Jaco…” and for many low-enders, getting...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: December/2020

Joel Ross: Who Are You?

Jeremy Corren | Kanoa Mendenhall | Brandee Younger | Jeremy Dutton | Joel Ross | Immanuel Wilkins

Noted for his excellent work with the likes of Makaya McCraven, Walter Smith III and Brandee Younger, vibraphonist Joel Ross...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/2020

Brigitte Beraha: Lucid Dreamers

Brigitte Beraha

Brigitte Beraha's new quartet Lucid Dreamers started life as a trio for a performance at the QEH as part of...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/2020