Avishai Cohen: Arvoles

Avishai Cohen | Noam David | Anders Hagberg | Björn Samuelsson | Elchin Shirinov

In 2020, the powerful Israeli bassist and Sephardic-inspired world-jazz composer Avishai Cohen celebrates his 50th birthday with 50 concerts in...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2019

Mick Goodrick: In Pas(s)ing

Eddie Gomez | Jack DeJohnette | John Surman | Mick Goodrick

The bandstand's loss has been jazz education's gain in the case of Mick Goodrick, the Berklee-taught guitarist who was Pat...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2019

Karim Maurice, Will Galison & La Camerata: Odysseus Fantasy

Brice Berrerd | Gaël Rassaert | Thibaut Pontet | Will Galison | Karim Maurice | La Camerata String Orchestra

With the help of a piano trio, harmonica, string orchestra and harp, French composer Karim Maurice has turned Homer's Odyssey...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2019

Jamie Saft Quartet: Hidden Corners

Jamie Saft | Bradley Christopher Jones | Dave Liebman | Hamid Drake

Since he began his relationship with RareNoiseRecords, Jamie Saft has come up with a series of well crafted, conceptually original...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2019

Jack McDuff and Bill Jennings: Four Classic Albums

Three of the four Prestige albums here celebrate the great organ/guitar partnership of McDuff and Jennings, an object lesson in...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Arashi: Jikan

Paal Nilssen-Love | Johan Berthling | Akira Sakata

Scandinavian players Paal Nilssen-Love and Johan Berthling join Japanese jazz legend Akira Sakata in a session that attempts to breathe...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: July/2019

Erland Apneseth Trio with Frode Halti: Salika, Molika

If Hardanger fiddle with a contemporary twist is your bag then Norwegian Erland Apneseth is your man; his third trio...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2019

Thomas/Butcher/Solberg: Fictional Souvenirs

John Butcher | Pat Thomas | Ståle Liavik Solberg

Here's a session that seems preoccupied with space – in more ways than one. For one thing, unlike some other...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2019

Max Stadtfeld: Stax

Not a tribute to the legendary Memphis soul label, but the nickname of a young German drummer-composer whose quartet debut...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2019

Herbie Hancock: Takin‘ Off

Billy Higgins | Freddie Hubbard | Herbie Hancock | James Spaulding | Dexter Gordon | Clifford Jarvis | Reggie Workman | Butch Warren

Jazz debuts don't come much more impressive or memorable than this, Hancock's Takin' Off, cut just after the pianist's 22nd...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: August/2019