Mike Holober & the Gotham Jazz Orchestra: Hiding Out

Keyboardist Holober, a specialist in post-bop jazz orchestra arrangement who's indebted to Aaron Copland and Gil Evans in particular, conjures...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2019

Laura Jurd: Stepping Back, Jumping In

Laura Jurd | Anja Lauvdal | Mandhira De Saram | Rob Luft | Corrie Dick | Alex Paxton | Cecilia Bignall | Patrick Dawkins | Martin Lee Thomson | Richard Jones

Dinosaur's increasingly assertive fusion explorations, with Laura Jurd as their benign, Hampshire Miles, have dominated the trumpeter's recent career. Taking...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: September/2019

Barney Wilen Quartet: Live in Tokyo '91

Olivier Hutman | Peter Gritz | Gilles Naturel | Barney Wilen

If ever there was a great saxophonist whose recorded legacy reflects only a fraction of his immense talent it is...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2019

Thank You Scientist: Terraformer

Sam Greenfeld | Cody McCorry | Tom Monda | Joe Fadem | Salvatore Marrano | Joe Gullace | Ben Karas

It's a sign of the times that this progressive New Jersey collective should be gracing the pages of Jazzwise, but...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: September/2019

Radament: Due

From Barcelona, this duo combine piano and drums with electronics Their mix of playful Mediterranean melodies, EST improv-rock grooves and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2019

Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans: Know What I Mean?

Shelly Manne | Percy Heath | Bill Evans | Paul Motian | Connie Kay | Cannonball Adderley | Scott LaFaro

It's hard to add anything to the appraisal I gave this well-known Riverside session a few issues ago. Indeed, it's...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: September/2019

Mark Lockheart & Roger Sayer: Salvator Mundi

Mark Lockheart | Roger Sayer

Within six months of releasing Mark Lockheart's painterly orchestral project Days on Earth, Edition Records now presents the Loose Tubes...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2019

James Brandon Lewis: An Unruly Manifesto

Jaimie Branch | Anthony Pirog | James Brandon Lewis | Luke Stewart | Warren Trae Crudup

James Brandon Lewis and Jaimie Branch appeared within a few nights of each other, and a stone's throw – the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2019

Nérija: Blume

Rosie Turton | Nubya Garcia | Shirley Tetteh | Sheila Maurice-Grey | Lizy Exell | Cassie Kinoshi | Rio Kai

This long-awaited debut album from one of the most exciting young groups on the UK scene sounds like classic Blue...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: September/2019

Wayne Horvitz: Those Who Remain

Bill Frisell | Wayne Horvitz | Pablo Rus Boseta | Beth Fleenor

Horvitz pitched in three very differing contexts. ‘Those Who Remain’ is a concerto for orchestra and improvising soloist (Frisell, who...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2019