Simon Oslender: About Time

Wolfgang Haffner | Christopher Dell | Hendrick Smock | Randy Brecker | Ricky Peterson | Bill Evans | Roland Peil | Rüdiger Baldauf | Peter Fessler | Klaus Genuit

This is the debut disc as leader from Simon Oslender. At just 21 years of age, the rising German jazz...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2020

Paul Shaw Quintet: Moment of Clarity

Alex Sipiagin | Paul Shaw | Brad Shepik | Drew Gress | Gary Versace

The New Jersey-raised Paul Shaw is steeped in the drumming arts. He started playing aged five, powered the bands of...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2020

Alex Goodman: Impressions in Blue & Red

This impressive Canadian guitarist’s 2CD recording involves a pair of airily atmospheric sounding quartets that tastefully blend contemporary influences and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2020

Brecker Brothers: Live and Unreleased

Richie Morales | Randy Brecker | Neil Jason | Mark Gray | Michael Brecker | Barry Finnerty

Yay! Don’t we all love the Breckers and miss Michael dearly? So it’s always fun to be reminded of their...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2020

Henrik Jensen's Followed By Thirteen: Affinity

Esben Tjalve | Rory Simmons | Pete Ibbetson | Henrik Jensen

Affinity is the third album from Denmark-born London-based bassist Henrik Jensen and his quartet, Followed By Thirteen. It’s a pleasing...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: May/2020

James Taylor Quartet: People Get Ready

Noel McKoy | Andrew McKinney | Natalie Williams | Pat Illingworth | Mark Cox | James Taylor

All credit to Taylor for his ongoing musical odyssey. He and the Quartet will long be associated with those funk...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2020

Kenny Barron/Dave Holland Trio: Without Deception

Dave Holland | Johnathan Blake | Kenny Barron

Effortless mainstream jazz eloquence has been pianist Kenny Barron’s calling card for 40 years. Without Deception renews the pianist’s dialogue...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2020

Tony Allen/Hugh Masekela: Rejoice

Tony Allen | Hugh Masekela | Lewis Wright | Steve Williamson | Lekan Babalola | Tom Herbert | Mutale Chashi | Joe Armon-Jones | Elliot Galvin

In which two giants from the Motherland meet on earth, then reconvene remotely. Tony Allen: kit drummer and co-creator of...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2020

Dan Rosenboom: Absurd in the Anthropocene

Dan Rosenboom | Jeff Babko | Tim Lefebvre | Ryan Dragon | Zach Danziger | Juliane Gralle | Gary Novak | Brian Walsh | David Binney | Alex Noice

You can’t knock Rosenboom for energy and chutzpah. He describes this star-packed epic as his response to ‘the current geological...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2020

Julie Campiche Quartet: Onkalo

Julie Campiche | Clemens Kuratle | Leo Fumagalli | Manu Hagmann

The heating element of this quartet is Campiche’s harp; at times naïve, candid or fiercely resounding, but always drawing attention...

Reviewed by Debra Richards in issue: May/2020