Torben Westergaard: The Gori Project

Bassist Westergaard oversees a soothingly ambient yet largely undemanding collaboration that merges the folk-like tranquillity of traditional South Korean and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Steve Cardenas: Blue Has a Range

Jon Cowherd | Ben Alison | Steve Cardenas | Brian Blade

Funny lark, this reviewing gig: sometimes an album just catches you right, sneaks in between the cracks of your ignorance...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2020

Jaimie Baum: Solace

Doug Yates | Ralph Alessi | Chris Komer | Jeff Hirshfield | Johannes Weidenmuller | Jaimie Baum | George Colligan

The highly accomplished composer and flautist Baum reissues this digital single, the title track of an excellent 2008 CD, following...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2020

Thelonious Monk: Palo Alto

Larry Gales | Thelonious Monk | Charlie Rouse | Ben Riley

Yet another surprise in the now-annual parade of previously unreleased gems from the big names of the past, this is...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2020

Maria Schneider: Data Lords

Donny McCaslin | Jay Anderson | George Flynn | Ben Monder | Jonathan Blake | Greg Gisbert | Ryan Keberle | Mike Rodriquez | Tony Kadleck | Frank Kimborough

While Maria Schneider's last album, the critically acclaimed The Thompson Fields, came in pastel shades, reflective moods and a wistful...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2020

Anthony Braxton/Eugene Chadbourne: Duo (Improv) 2017

Anthony Braxton | Eugene Chadbourne

By way of marking free jazz maestro Anthony Braxton's 75th year, this boxed collaboration between the composer and renowned alternative...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: August/2020

Sanuel Blaser/Marc Ducret: Audio Rebel

Recorded several years ago in Rio, Swiss trombonist Blaser and French guitarist Marc Ducret's dialogue calls on blues, rock and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Sharon Isbin: Affinity/Strings For Peace

An award-winning classical guitarist presents two releases: the title track of Affinity is the centrepiece, a pretty conventional guitar concerto...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Jason Marsalis: Live

Gerald Watkins | Jason Marsalis | Jasen Weaver | Oscar Rossignoli

Taped at Basin Street Records’ 20th anniversary party at the Little Gem club in New Orleans, this set shows Marsalis’...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2020

Misha Mullov-Abbado: Dream Circus

Sam Rapley | Matthew Herd | James Davison | Misha Mullov-Abbado | Liam Dunachie | Scott Chapman

Featuring the same classy young UK sextet that recorded his 2017 session Cross-Platform Interchange, and produced by the adventurous Jasper...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2020