Art Hirahara: Sunward Bound

Donny McCaslin | Linda May Han Oh | Rudy Royston | Art Hirahara

Hirahara plays with a compulsion that is hard to resist. Indeed, such is his rhythmic certainty, combined with his technical...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2018

Sonny Rollins: Four Classic Albums (Second Set)

Much reissued and with much justification, this material now looks like ‘early Rollins’ but, as he'd been recording since 1949...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020

The Necks: Body

Lloyd Swanton | Chris Abraham | Tony Buck

Three decades-young Australian improv trio The Necks are often described as minimalists, but if they favour looping figures that change...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2018

Joe Farrell: Joe Farrell Quartet/Outback/Moon Germs

Airto Moreira | Buster Williams | Dave Holland | Herbie Hancock | Chick Corea | Stanley Clarke | Joe Farrell | Jack DeJohnette | Elvin Jones | John McLaughlin

Joe Farrell is most frequently name-checked as a founding member of Chick Corea's Return to Forever, appearing on the 1972...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2018

Robbie Lee & Mary Halvorson: Seed Triangular

Mary Halvorson | Robbie Lee

Mary Halvorson has long had the reputation of being among the most inventive guitar stylists in avantjazz, but here she...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2018

Flying Machines: New Life

Dave Hamblett | Alex Munk | Matt Robinson | Conor Chaplin

Flying Machines are so much more than rock-powered improv. Yeah, we kick off ballistically with the roar and rampage of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2018

Alexander von Schlippenbach/Aki Takase: Live At Café Amores

Aki Takase | Alexander von Schlippenbach

This live duo recording of Globe Unity Orchestra founder Alexander von Schlippenbach and Japanese piano player Aki Takase is a...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: November/2018

David Chevalier/Valentin Ceccaldi: Zèbres

A Paris-based duo, the young cellist Ceccaldi, who has partnered the idiosyncratic vocalist Leila Martial, meets avant-garde guitarist David Chevalier....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2018

Houston Person & Ron Carter: Remember Love

Houston Person | Ron Carter

Person (born 1934) is arguably the last of the big-toned, soulful tenor-men, a stylist who still holds the likes of...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2018

Phronesis: We Are All

Jasper Høiby | Anton Eger | Ivo Neame

Phronesis's eighth album finds thematic focus in the interconnectedness of its title, and nature's divine, unnecessary beauty. Jasper Høiby's nine-minute...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: November/2018