Johnny Hunter: Pale Blue Dot

Michael Bardon | Mark Hanslip | Aby Vulliamy | Gemma Bass | Johnny Hunter | Seth Bennett

NASA space probe Voyager 1's chastening lesson in cosmic perspective when it sent a photo of Earth from almost four...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: June/2020

Wynton Kelly: Someday My Prince Will Come

Wynton Kelly | Jimmy Cobb | Paul Chambers | Sam Jones | Philly Joe Jones

Despite directly inspiring the name of Ellis Marsalis's son, Kelly is nowhere near as celebrated as he should be. In...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2020

Nduduzo Makathini: Modes of Communication: Letters From The Underworld

Ndabo Zulu | Ayanda Sikhane | Omagugu Makathini | Zwelakhe-Duma Bell Le Pere | Nuduzo Makathini | Logan Richardson | Naila Makathini | Gontse Makthene | Moyo Makathini | Thingo Makthini

A member of Shabaka & The Ancestors, South African pianist Makathini steps out as a solo artist in his own...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2020

Frankfurt Radio Big Band: Kriegel Today!

Jean-Paul Höchstädter | Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn | Martin Scales | Hans Glawisching | Tony Lakatos | Steffen Weber | Jim McNeely | Jesse van Ruller | John Schröder

When the Gary Burton Quartet with Larry Coryell appeared at Berlin Jazz Days in November 1967, they may have been...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2020

Jimmy Greene: While Looking Up

Aaron Goldberg | Jimmy Greene | Stefon Harris | Kendrick Scott | Lage Lund | Reuben Rogers

The heavyweight support on American multi-instrumentalist Jimmy Greene's latest release are long-term acquaintances, who since recording with Greene, have developed...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2020

Sinne Eeg and the Danish Radio Big Band: We've Just Begun

the Danish Radio Big Band | Sinne Eeg | Nikolai Bogelund

An outstandingly beautiful recording from one of Europe's finest jazz vocalists, album number nine from Denmark's Sinne Eeg sees her...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2020

John Di Martino: Passion Flower: The Music of Billy Strayhorn

The compositions of Ellington's Sweet Pea survive an amiably personalised mainstream treatment from veteran jazz pianist Di Martino and his...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2020

Sophie Tassignon: Mysteries Unfold

Sophie Tassignon

To RareNoise's great credit, the label brings international voices to the UK scene which we should really be more aware...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2020

Pericopes + 1: Up

Alessandro Sgobbio | Emiliano Vernizzi | Nick Wright

Pericopes + 1, comprising three musicians from three disparate cities – New York, Paris and Milan – have picked up...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2020

Jean-Louis Matinier/Kevin Seddiki: Rivages

Kevin Seddiki | Jean-Louis Matinier

Space, texture and balance are three crucial components in the output of the duo formed by accordionist Jean-Louis Matinier and...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2020