Jazzrausch Bigband: Beethoven's Breakdown

Jutta Keeß | Angela Avetisyan | Heinrich Wulff | Roman Sladek | Daniel Klingl | Patricia Römer | Raphael Huber | Severin Krieger | Julius Braun | Fredeik Mademann

Beethoven was a raver. You knew that already, of course, but, as if to allow you to hear and feel...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2020

Monika Herzig: Eternal Dance

Pianist Monika Herzig's Sheroes play pop covers and originals in a rather dreary recording featuring Jamie Baum and Leni Stern...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2020

Jim Black Trio: Reckon

Elias Stemeseder | Jim Black | Thomas Morgan

The innovative Seattle-raised drummer/composer Jim Black's work over three decades – from his own adventurous projects to collaborations with luminaries...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2020

Dominic J Marshall: Nomad's Land

Glenn Gaddum Jr | Dominic J Marshall | Septabeat | Noa Lauryn | Jamie Beet | Nathaniel Keen | Hunrosa

Dominic J Marshall, an Amsterdam-based, Scottish-born composer and versatile multi-keyboardist, has gone down well with the hip dance-jazz underground scene...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2020

Brian Landrus: For Now

Billy Hart | Lois Martin | Sara Caswell | Jody Redhage-Ferber | Joyce Hammann | Michael Rodriguez | Brian Landrus | Fred Hersch | Drew Gress

Nevada-born Brian Landrus is a specialist in basement-register instruments – baritone sax, bass clarinet, low-end flutes and more – and...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2020

Julian Costello Quartet: Connections: without Borders

Saxophonist Julian Costello's jazz brand has a global reach and a zen-like sensibility centred around folk music from Europe and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2020

Erroll Garner: That's My Kick

Charli Persip | Milt Hinton | Jerome Richardson | Jimmie Smith | Bernie Glow | Erroll Garner | Marvin Stamm | Johnny Pacheco | George Jenkins | George Duvivier

The first of these albums, That's My Kick, marks Garner's return to the studio in 1966 after a five-year gap.Despite...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2020

Sara Serpa: Recognition: Music For A Silent Film

David Virelles | Sara Serpa | Mark Turner | Zeena Parkins

As the subtitle makes clear, the premise of this work is audio-visual. Yet what is even more compelling is the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2020

Ohad Talmor Newsreel Sextet: Long Forms

The New York-based Israeli saxophonist Ohad Talmor's extended compositions have an idiomatic reach that takes in both contemporary classical and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2020

Jason Palmer: The Concert: 12 Musings for Isabella

Edward Perez | Jason Palmer | Kendrick Scott | Mark Turner | Joel Ross

Giant Step Arts is ace photographer/recording engineer Jimmy Katz's own label, set up to present work that might not otherwise...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2020