Akira Sakata/Simon Nabatov/Takashi Seo/Darren Moore: Not Seeing Is A Flower

Recorded live in a venue close to Tokyo at the end of a Japanese tour last year, this collaboration between...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2018

Steve Cardenas, Andrew Zimmerman, Lionel Loueke, Skúlli Sverrisson, Francisco Mela, Jason Palmer: Newvelle Season Three

Gerald Cannon | Francisco Mela | Bill Frisell | Loren Stillman | Andrew Zimmerman | Joe Martin | Kris Davis | Hery Paz | Kevin Hays | Steve Cardenas

Commitment is a principle that runs deep in the ethos of Nevelle Records, its loyal subscribers and, most importantly, its...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: November/2018

John Scofield: Combo 66

John Scofield | Vicente Archer | Gerald Clayton | Bill Stewart

This set of all-new John Scofield originals celebrates the Grammygathering guitarist's 66th birthday – but if his senior citizenship inclines...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2018

Darrell Katz and the JCA Orchestra: Rats Live On No Evil Star

Darrell Katz is the long-time composer-leader of the Jazz Composer's Alliance (JCA) and, in spite of an attempt at no-messin'...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2018

Jon Rose and Chris Abrahams: Peggy

Not as hyper-nuanced as Abrahams' work with The Necks, but this duo which sees him take to a Steinway Grand...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2018

Lester Young: Complete Aladdin Recordings

Irving Ashby | Dave Barbour | Junior Rudd | Red Callender | Shorty McConnell | Fred Lacey | Nat ‘King’ Cole | Ted Briscoe | Roy Haynes | Argonne Thornton

This collection of 48 sides made with nine different groups for the small Aladdin company (plus one triosession with Nat...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2018

Blip Bonaccordia and the Throat Throbbers of Sarawak: Explorations in World Music #1

Blip Bonaccordia | Throat Throbbers

Italian accordion virtuoso Blip Bonaccordia got the world music bug in the late 1980s. He'd been cutting a fi ne...

Reviewed by Art Slezak in issue: November/2018

Sara Colman: What We're Made Of

Percy Pursglove | Jonathan Silk | Rebecca Nash | Sara Colman | Steve Banks | Carducci Quartet | Ben Markland

Colman's keen musical intelligence is everywhere in evidence on this much anticipated new studio recording. One of the particular strengths...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2018

Joanne Grauer: Introducing Lorraine Feather

David Troncoso | Doug Lenier | Lorraine Feather | Ernie Watts | Paulinho da Costa | Colin Bailey | Joanne Grauer | Paulinho Da Costa

Grauer was a Los Angeles-based pianist whose jazz credentials and small discography were somewhat eclipsed by her six years as...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2018

Marcin Wasilewski Trio: Live

Gerald Watkins | Jason Marsalis | Jasen Weaver | Oscar Rossignoli

The Polish pianist Marcin Wasilewski trio's new album has rather fittingly arrived following the sad passing of compatriot Tomasz Stańko....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020