Hannah Köpf: Cinnamon

Following her Joni Mitchell-inspired Lonely Dancer, this is the most persuasive account so far of this German singer-lyricist, with a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2019

Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans: Waltz For Debby

Bill Evans | Paul Motian | Teddy Kotick | Scott LaFaro

They say never judge a book by its cover. But how about these albums? For starters, the Adderley-Evans summit is...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: October/2019

Pete Oxley & Nicolas Meier: The Alluring Ascent

Raph Mizraki | Keith Fairbairn | Nicolas Meyer | Pete Oxley | Paul Cavaciuti

The fourth outing from the ever captivating Meier/Oxley axis. The format is familiar, featuring their quartet, but now augmented with...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2019

Oddgeir Berg Trio: In The End Of The Night

The second album by this Norwegian acoustic/electric trio injects elements from classical music, singer-songwriter rock and post-EST piano jazz into...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2019

Nucleus & Ian Carr: Torrid Zone: The Vertigo Recordings 1970-1975

Brian Smith | Harry Beckett | Karl Jenkins | Tony Levin | Allan Holdsworth | John Marshall | Tony Roberts | Keith Winter | Norma Winstone | Ken Shaw

This is a mammoth effort, with all nine Nucleus albums from their Vertigo days squeezed onto a 6CD set, capturing...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2019

George Benson: Walking To New Orleans

Alison Prestwood | Greg Morrow | Rob McNelley | Kevin McKendree | George Benson

On his 45th album, George Benson pays tribute to two of his musical heroes, the godfather of rock'n'roll, Chuck Berry,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2019

Ishmael Ensemble: A State Of Flow

Lauded by new-gen tastemakers such as Gilles Peterson, Pete Cunningham (aka Ishmael) conjures up a post-trip-hop Bristol mood with a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2019

Mundell Lowe: Five Classic Albums

Hank Jones | Percy Heath | Curley Russell | Tommy Potter | Max Roach | Thelonious Monk | Kenny Dorham | Roy Haynes | Charlie Parker | Don Lamond

Overshadowed by the likes of Barney Kessel, Kenny Burrell and Tal Farlow, Lowe was a major league talent whose metier,...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: May/2020

Evan Parker & Paul G. Smyth: Calenture and Light Leaks

Paul G. Smyth | Evan Parker

Here's one sure-fire way of spotting an improv CD that's a record of a live performance: it contains two tracks...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2019

Cannonball Adderley Qutet: Liederhalle, Stuttgart 1969

Roy McCurdy | Nat Adderley | Cannonball Adderley | Victor Gaskin | Joe Zawinul

They say never judge a book by its cover. But how about these albums? For starters, the Adderley-Evans summit is...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: June/2019