John Turville: Head First

John Turville | Robbie Robson | James Maddren | Julian Argüelles | Dave Whitford

Though John Turville is one of the UK jazz scene's most perceptive heirs to the piano legacy of his former...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2019

Angelika Niescier: New York Trio

Assembling a choice NYC band, including Gerald Cleaver and John Finlayson, the alto-saxophonist Niescier pushes John Cage's strategies for composition...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2019

Dominic Howles Quintet: Along Came Benny

Nick Tomalin | Matt Fishwick | Ross Stanley | Steve Fishwick | Dominic Howles | Dave O'Higgins

This self-produced (and presumably self-financed) album has taken some time to surface and its appearance now is to be welcomed....

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2019

Kneebody: Chapters

Nate Wood | Shane Endsley | Adam Benjamin | Josh Dion | Gerald Clayton | Kaveh Rastegar | Ben Wendel | Michael Mayo | Becca Stevens | Gretchen Parlato

Kneebody have been making elusive music since meeting as students 18 years ago at Rochester's Eastman School of Music, with...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: November/2019

Charlie Parker: Jumpin'

Anyone unfamiliar with Parker is going to be puzzled about all the fuss with these muddy, poorly recorded, airshots from...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019

Marco Serrato/Francesco Covarino: Bestemmia

Marco Serrato | Francesco Covarino

Aside from being a highly regarded improviser, double-bass player Marco Serrato is also one half of Spanish doom metal band...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: November/2019

Somersaults: Numerology Of Birdsong

Tobias Delius | Mark Sanders | Olie Brice

The album's title is borrowed from a poem by avant-garde anarchist poet Sean Bonney which seems fitting: the music Somersaults...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2019

Dakota Staton: Complete Early Years 1955-58

Again, frustratingly this largely duplicates Avid's cheaper and equally recent Five Classic Albums, save for the contents of the In...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019

Maria Chiara Argirò: Hidden Seas

Sam Rapley | Andrea Di Base | Leïla Martial | Maria Chiara Argirò | Tal Janes | Gaspar Sena

Like a bundle of letters tied with string, this album emanates personal nostalgia; the object of Maria Chiara Argirò's reflections...

Reviewed by Debra Richards in issue: November/2019

The Casimir Connection: Cause And Effect

Kit Massey | Tim Fairhall | Paweł Grudzień | Diane McLoughlin

I do like a good liner note, one that genuinely carries you into the music, and leader/composer/multi-instrumentalist Diane McLoughlin does...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2019