Mette Juul: New York - Copenhagen

This warm-toned Danish vocalist is accompanied by just guitar or double bass (Lars Danielsson) on standards and two vocalised instrumentals:...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2020

Jason Miles & Kind of New: Black Magic

Reggie Washington | Jimmy Bralower | Jason Miles | Jay Rodriguez | Philip Dizack | Gene Lake | Steven Wolf

Jason Miles has paid homage, both directly and indirectly, to his illustrious ex-gaffer Miles Davis throughout his career. Miles’ 1980s...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2020

Eivind Aarset/Jan Bang: Snow Catches on her Eyelashes

Jan Bang | Nils Petter Molvaer | Ardun Erlien | Eivind Aarset | Erik Honoré | Audun Eirlen | Hilde Norbakken | Sidsel Endresen | Anders Engen

There’s a cut from this duo’s last album, Dream Logic, called ‘The Beauty of Decay’, and that could easily describe...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2020

Duke Ellington Orchestra: Liederhalle Stuttgart 1967

Cat Anderson | Rufus Jones | Harry Carney | John Lamb | Jimmy Hamilton | Mercer Ellington | Cootie Williams | ChuckConnors | Buster Cooper | Duke Ellington

The Duke Ellington Orchestra’s European tour of 1967 has already generated a generous spread of bootleg discs, but perhaps none...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: April/2020

Byron Wallen: Portrait: Reflections On Belonging

Byron Wallen | Rod Youngs | Paul Michael | Rob Luft | Plumcroft Primary School Choir | Richard Olatunde Baker

Although active in a number of projects, Wallen has not released an album under his own name for some 13...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2020

Viktoria Tolstoy: Stations

Joel Lyssarides | Rasmus Kihlberg | Krister Jonsson | Mattias Svennson | Viktoria Tolstoy

As emotionally engaging as it is immaculately performed, this latest album from vocalist Viktoria Tolstoy scores highly for its striking...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2020

David Kollar: Sculpting in Time

Erik Truffaz | Christian Fennesz | Pat Mastelotto | Arve Henriksen | David Kollar

How this begins album is not where it ends; musically, it’s a path that splits and diverts. Kollar embraces guitar-related...

Reviewed by Debra Richards in issue: April/2020

Aaron Diehl: The Vagabond

Aaron Diehl | Paul Sikivie | Gregory Hutchinson

Aaron Diehl, the award-engulfed pianist and composer from Ohio, is the kind of jazz artist who coaxes grateful smiles from...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2020

Bohren & Der Club of Gore: Patchouli Blue

Morten Gass | Robin Rodenberg | Christoph Clöser

These German doom-mongers are maestros of mood, their crepuscular adagios typically brooding combos of languorous piano, subtle moon-flecked percussion and...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: April/2020

Nigel Hitchcock: Hitchgnosis

Laurence Cottle | ‘Hitchgnosis’ Orchestra | Marat Bisengaliev | Miles Bould | Chris Dagley | Nigel Hitchcock

Nigel Hitchcock has been a sought-after saxophonist within the pop-rock stratosphere since the 1990s, but has also held his own...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2020