Fire! Orchestra: Arrival

Andreas Werliin | Susana Santos Silva | Isak Hedjtärn | Christer Bothén | Leo Svensson | Mariam Wallentin | Per Texas Johansson | Johan Berthling | Josefn Runsteen | Tomas Hallonston

Four albums in, the Fire! Trio's once 28-piece collective iteration is streamlined by half and harbours a string quartet. The...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2019

Barre Phillips: Mountainscapes

Dieter Feichtner | John Abercrombie | Stu Martin | John Surman | Barre Phillips

Phillips' spellbinding 2018 album End To End showed his mastery of the relatively rare solo bass format. This 1976 set...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2019

Buck Clayton: All The Cats Join In/Jumpin' At The Woodside

Essential mainstream jazz from 1953-56, packaging four of the original LPs across a 2CD set. It's all that most fans...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2019

Thelonious Monk: Misterioso

Spanning 1947-51 this is an intelligent cross-section of Monk's early recording period, from the Blue Notes to the Verve sides...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2019

Mats Eilertsen: Reveries And Revelations

Geir Sundstøl | Per Oddvar Johansen | Eivind Aarset | Arve Henriksen | Mats Eilertsen | Thomas Strønen

Over the past decade Mats Eilertsen has enhanced his reputation as a musician-composer in the best traditions of contemporary Nordic-jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2019

Bonsai: Bonsai Club

Joe Lee | Jonny Mansfeld | Rory Ingham | Dominic Ingham | Toby Comeau

Formerly and unwisely known as Jam Experiment, this quintet of long-time friends and collaborators thread concepts of comfort and home...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2019

Caldera: Caldera/Sky Islands

Roberto da Silva | Ralph Rickert | Ray Armando | Ralph Humphrey | Raul De Souza | Dean Cortez | Mike ‘Baiano’ Azevedo | Jorge Strunz | Chester Thompson | Carolyn Dennis

A BGO two-fer-one reviving Caldera's first albums on Capitol. Indeed, only two more followed before the band's brief career self-combusted...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2019

Erroll Garner: In Paris

Kelly Martin | Erroll Garner | Eddie Calhoun

There's a nice tribute from George Shearing in the liner notes to this limited edition reissue of one of Erroll...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2019

Simon Nabatov: Readings – Gileya Revisited

Simon Nabatov | Marcus Schmickler | Frank Gratkowski | Gerry Hemmingway | Jaap Blonk

Pianist Simon Nabatov left his native Russia to pursue a musical education in the west in 1979, when he was...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2019

Tom Harrell: Infinity

Jonathan Blake | Adam Cruz | Charles Altura | Mark Turner | Tom Harrell | Ben Street

Ever since he emerged from the ranks of the Woody Herman orchestra in 1970 with an eloquent solo feature on...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2019