Anteloper: Tour Beats Vol. 1

Jaimie Branch

Trumpeter Jaimie Branch is a rising star on the experimental scene. FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise was...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: October/2020

Champian Fulton: Birdsong

Champian Fulton

This is Oklahoma-born pianist and vocalist Fulton's second album with Hamilton, building on their first encounter in Spain in 2017,...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2020

Miles Davis Quintet: Four Classic Albums

This famous material was last reissued as recently as last year, and reviewed enthusiastically in Jazzwise 242. That release on...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020

Peter Brötzmann/Paul G Smyth: Tongue in a Bell

Peter Brötzmann

This live (and lively) collaboration between German saxophonist Peter Brötzmann and Irish pianist Paul G Smyth kicks off with both...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: October/2020

Christian Sands: Be Water

Christian Sands

Marcus Miller has an eponymously titled track dedicated to him; and Lalo Schifrin wrote a memorable soundtrack in the 1970s...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020

Ran Blake/Frank Carlberg: Gray Moon

Ran Blake

This is apparently only the second time that the veteran Blake has been recorded duetting with a fellow pianist, following...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2020

Das Rad: Adios Al Futuro

Nick Robinson

With the Discus label's head honcho Martin Archer on board, it's no surprise that Sheffield-based trio, Das Rad, display a...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2020

Noah Haidu: Doctone

Noah Haidu

Haidu, a former Kenny Barron student, considers the late Kenny Kirkland – who died in 1998 aged only 43 –...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2020

The Mark Harvey Group: A Rite for All Souls

Mark Harvey

Trumpeter Mark Harvey is best known as founder of The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, the long-running big band with a penchant...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2020

Nubya Garcia: Source

Nubya Garcia

Saxophonist Nubya Garcia has taken the London jazz scene by storm in the last few years. She has a gift...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: September/2020