Julian Lage: Love Hurts

Dave King | Julian Lage | Jorge Roeder

Hard to imagine two more different stylists than Hedwig Mollestad and Lage, but both favour the keep ’em brief but...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2019

Jessica Radcliffe: Remembrance

Sam James | Mark Lockheart | Will Glaser | Tom Dennis | Joe Downard | Jessica Radcliffe

Jazz is all about being in the moment, but it’s all about the experiences you’ve had prior to being in...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2019

Minua: Still Light

Based in both Basel and Berlin, this serenely-toned, intimate young folky bass clarinet/twin-acoustic guitar trio pursue their gentle craft that...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2019

Various Artists: A Day in the Life:Impressions of Pepper

Antonio Sanchez | Mary Halvorson | Keyon Harrold | Wildflower | The Onyx Collective | Sullivan Fortner | Miles Mosley | The Ju Ju Exchange | Brandee Younger | Shabaka Hutchings

Django Bates would enjoy this: a ‘re-imagining’ of The Beatles’ classic from a roster of artists with varied relationships to...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2019

John Handy: Recorded Live At Monterey Jazz Festival

Terry Clarke | Mike White | Jerry Hahn | John Handy | Don Thompson

When the John Handy Quintet hit the stage at the 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival around tea-time on Saturday 18 September,...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: April/2019

Branford Marsalis: The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul

Justin Faulkner | Joey Calderazzo | Eric Revis | Branford Marsalis

If this isn’t a candidate for record of the year from many reviewers, I’ll be very surprised. It’s an object...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2019

Das Rad

Sheffield trio Das Rad – guitarist Nick Robinson, woodwind and keyboardist Martin Archer and drummer-percussionist Steve Dinsdale – come from...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2019

Nguyên Lê Quartet: Streams

Chris Jennings | John Hadfield | Nguyên Lê | Illya Amar

The Paris-born Vietnamese guitarist Nguyên Lê has established one of the most standout, highly colourful project-based discographies on the ACT...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2019

Landgren/Wollny/Danielsson/Haffner: 4 Wheel Drive

Wolfgang Haffner | Nils Landgren | Lars Danielsson | Michael Wollny

This is a project with a commendably clear conceptual title that smartly underlines the equal directional input by all members...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2019

Timeless All-Stars: At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall/Hamburg 1982

Billy Higgins | Harold Land | Buster Williams | Curtis Fuller | Bobby Hutcherson | Cedar Walton

As the booklet notes to this newly released ex-NDR broadcast recording make clear, in this instance the word ‘timeless’ has...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: April/2019