Andre Ganniere: Ghost Days

Tom Farmer | Andre Cannlere | Andrew Bain | Rick Simpson | Brigitte Beraha | Tori Freestone

This may be Canniere's music, but it's unremittingly a meeting of spirits. Carriere has set six poems by the (very...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2020

Alvin Schwaar/Banz Oester/Noé Franklé: Travellin' Light

This piano trio, led by Schwaar, leave just ghostly traces of some well and lesser-known standards (by the likes of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2020

Dayna Stephens Trio: Liberty

Sax-bass-drums trios might be getting more commonplace these days, but the ninth album from acclaimed New York-based tenor saxophonist-composer Dayna...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2020

Neil Swainson Quintet: 49th Parallel

Joe Henderson | Neil Swainson | Woody Shaw | Jerry Fuller | Gary Williamson

There are bass players and then there are bass players, and Neil Swainson is up there with the very best....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2020

Malia: The Garden of Eve

This blues-orientated, Hamburg-based Malawi-English singer-songwriter borrows from country, rock-pop and jazz for her nostalgic originals, but unfortunately there's no je...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2020

Timo Lassy Big Brass: Live at The Savoy Theatre Helsinki

Teppo Makynen | Antti Lotjonen | Georgios Kontrafouris | Timo Lassy | Jukka Eskola

Timo Lassy emerged as a saxophonist to watch in The Five Corners Quintet back in 2005, recorded by Antti Eerikainen...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2020

Chris McCarthy: Still Time to Quit

Pianist McCarthy, in quintet with saxophonist Michael Blake and bassist Sam Minaie, mixes free-ish and progressively lyrical jazz sensibilities with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2020

Lynne Arriale Trio: Chimes of Freedom

KJ Denhert | Lynne Arriale | Jasper Somsen | EJ Strickland

What first strikes you when listening to a Lynne Arriale recording is the sheer beauty of her piano sound: the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2020

GoGo Penguin

Rob Turner | Nick Blacka | Chris Illingworth

Much of the beauty of the new London jazz scene has been the music's reunion with black listeners, a replenishment...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: June/2020

Aruan Ortiz with Andrew Cyrille & Mauricio Herrera: Inside Rhythmic Falls

Andrew Cyrille | Mauricio Herrera | Aruan Ortiz

Cuban pianist Ortiz has created a superb body of work in the past decade, maintaining consistently high quality in a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2020