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

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