Mette Rasmussen/Chris Corsano: A View Of The Moon (From the Sun

Part of a series of collaborations with Slovenia’s Ljubljana Jazz festival, this 2015 performance by the feral-toned Danish alto-saxophonist Mette...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

Ivie Anderson: The Ivie Anderson Collection 1932-46

For the most part this excellent set charts Anderson’s 10-year career as Duke Ellington’s vocalist, adding four tracks from late...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Feb/2019

Rymden: Refl ections & Odysseys

Magnus Öström | Bugge Wesseltoft | Dan Bergland

Calling Rymden a Scandi-jazz ‘supergroup’ might not be very useful, but neither is it overstating the pivotal role these three...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

The Blue Notes: All In A Day's Work

Led by the veteran Edison Lighthouse drummer Stephane Booroff, this derivative yet finger-snapping quintet features Partikel saxophonist Duncan Eagles and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

John Escreet: Learn to Live

Matt Brewer | Greg Osby | Teresa Lee | Nicholas Payton | John Escreet | Justin Brown | Eric Harland

The Brooklyn-based British expat John Escreet, who currently plays keys in drummer Antonio Sanchez’ excellent high-octane ensemble, has been consistently...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

Jakob Bro: Bay of Rainbows

Joey Baron | Jakob Bro | Thomas Morgan

Jakob Bro, you will be astonished to learn, is not Eddie Van Halen. The Danish jazz guitarist engages in atmospherics,...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Feb/2019

The Ronnie Scott Trio: On A Clear Day ‘Live’ 1974

Mike Carr | Ronnie Scott | Bobby Gein

Scott kept a trio going for a decade or so, at first with Tony Crombie on drums, later succeeded by...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Feb/2019

Oregon: In Performance

Paul McCandless | Ralph Towner | Glen Moore | Collin Walcott

It’s hardly the first time this live set, recorded across three nights and in three different cities – New York,...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Feb/2019

Helena Kay's KIM Trio: Moon Palace

Helena Kay | David Ingamells | Ferg Ireland

Helena Kay was a few years below me on the jazz course at London’s Guildhall School of Music. Even as...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: Feb/2019

Colin Webster/Andrew Lisle/Otto Willberg: Static Garbled Dreams

Colin Webster | Otto Willberg | Andrew Lisle

Though Webster has worked separately with both Lisle and Willberg before, it comes as something of a surprise to learn...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Feb/2019