Claire Martin & Jim Mullen: Bumpin'

Mads Bærentzen | Kristian Leth | Jim Mullen | Claire Martin | Thomas Ovesen

Celebrating 30 years of musical friendship between two of the UK's greatest jazz artists, vocalist Claire Martin and guitarist Jim...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2019

The Big Yes!

This Scandi quartet's debut is a cathartic 30-minute single track mixing homegrown avant-jazz like Scorch Trio and a thrash metal-like...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2019

Sylvie Courvoisier/Mark Feldman: Time Gone Out

Sylvie Courvoisier | Mark Feldman

This knowing exchange of the husband-and-wife team of Swiss pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and American violinist Mark Feldman is imbued by...

Reviewed by Debra Richards in issue: November/2019

Noah Preminger Group: Zigsaw: The Music Of Steve Lampert

Noah Preminger | Kim Cass | Kris Davis | Rudy Royston | John O'Gallagher | Rob Schwimmer

Preminger's 2016 set Dark Was Night Cold Was The Ground was a quite gripping interpretation of classic blues for which...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2019

Bill O'Connell and the Afro-Caribbean Ensemble: Wind Off The Hudson

Romaz Diaz | Craig Handy | Lincoln Goines | Alex Sipiagin | Gary Smulyan | Ralph Bowen | Andrea Brachfeld | Conrad Herwig | Robby Ameen | Bill O'Connell

“I'm a product of the New York Latin Jazz scene and I wanted something to reflect that hard hitting New...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2019

Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science: Waiting Game

Matt Stevens | Raydar Ellis | Esperanza Spalding | Nicholas Payton | Morgan Guerin | Rapsody | Mark Kibble | Terri Lyne Carrington | Aaron Parks | Meshell Ndegeocello

This fiercely political release from drummer and producer Terri Lyne Carrington and her new group, Social Science, offers a message...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: November/2019

Nat Birchall: The Storyteller – A Musical Tribute To Yusef Lateef

Michael Bardon | John Ellis | Adam Fairhall | Nat Birchall | Andy Hay

Manchester saxophonist Nat Birchall, a Coltrane disciple drawn at least as much to the spiritual reveries of Alice as the...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2019

Ben Wolfe: Fatherhood

Bassist Wolfe pays tribute to his dad with an extended line-up including The Bad Plus' Orrin Evans, new vibes star...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2019

Heinz Geisser Ensemble 5: The Collective Mind Vol. 2

This percussion-led four-piece's rarefied free-improv favours pointillist textural interplay and sprawling collective dialogue, requiring much deep listening work....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2019

Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble: Where Future Unfolds

More retro than contemporary, this large Chicago Afro-futurist ensemble features vocal choir chants, soul-jazz spirituals, voice cut-ups and an upbeat...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2019