Wild Man Conspiracy & Chris Cheek: Live At The Bimhuis

Zeno de Rossi | Eric Boeren | John Dikeman | Wolter Wierbos | Danilo Gallo | Silke Eberhard | Wayne Horvitz | Luca Calabrese | Alexander Hawkins | Edoardo Marrafa

This quirky Amsterdam trio (plus special guest saxophonist Chris Cheek, over from Brooklyn) deliver a live performance in the city’s...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2019

Sheila Jordan Quartet: Lucky To Be Me

The zestful vocal queen (pictured right) of bebop needs no introduction and, at 87-years-ofage, she’s still full of charisma, heavily...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2019

Album Interview: Theon Cross: Fyah

Nubya Garcia | Nathaniel Cross | Theon Cross | Tim Doyle | Moses Boyd | Artie Zaitz | Wayne Francis

Having built momentum with EPs, gigs and a gathering media storm, many of London’s new jazz generation are finally making...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: April/2019

Sarah Tandy: Infection In The Sentence

Femi Koleoso | Sarah Tandy | Sheila Maurice-Grey | Binker Golding | Mutale Chashi

Opener ‘Bradbury Street’ is named for the address of Dalston’s Servant Jazz Quarters, where Sarah Tandy had her epiphany. A...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: April/2019

Jan Garbarek/Miroslav Vitous: Atmos

Jan Garbarek | Miroslav Vitous

Both these albums capture the subtleties of tonal inflection, timbral nuance and majestic expressivity of Garbarek’s saxophones in a demanding...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2019

John Butcher & Rhodri Davies: Drunk On Dreams

Rhodri Davies | John Butcher

Across three unhurried and slowly evolving soundscapes, Butcher and Davies luxuriate in the opportunity to explore extended techniques that seem...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2019

Andrew Rathbun: Character Study

Tim Hagans | Jay Anderson | Andrew Rathbun | Bill Stewart | Gary Versace

To be totally honest with you, I don’t ever remember hearing New York-based Canadian Andrew Rathbun’s name before. But I’m...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: April/2019

Leo Smith: Divine Love

Lester Bowie | Leo Smith | Dwight Andrews | Charlie Haden | Bobby Naughton | Kenny Wheeler

A key entry in the Smith discography, cut in the pre-Wadada days, Divine Love is an album that wears its...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2019

Ken Fowser: Right On Time

Steve Davis | Ed Cherry | Brian Charette | Willie Jones III | Ken Fowser | Joe Magnarelli

Posi-Tone producer and label co-owner Marc Free seems to be a very loyal guy. He’s got some artistes – mainly...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: April/2019

Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord: Harder On The Outside

Guitarist Jon Lundbom hooks up with his Big Five Chord for their ninth album, on a set full of rock-charged...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2019