Miriam Ast & Victor Gutierrez feat. Stan Sulzmann: Secret Songs

An album of standards and originals (with a few dedications to guest veteran saxophonist Sulzmann) by a promising young ex-Royal...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018

Donny McCaslin: Blow

Donny McCaslin | Gail Ann Dorsey | Mark Kozelek | Nate Wood | Jeff Taylor | Ben Monder | Tim Lefebvre | Zach Danziger | Jason Lindner | Ryan Dahle

The role that Donny McCaslin's quartet played on David Bowie's swansong Blackstar in late 2015/early 2016 cannot be underestimated. Neither...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018

Dwiki Dharmawan: Rumah Batu

Dwiki Dharmawan | Asaf Sirkis | Yaron Stavi | Nguyên Lê | Dewi Gita | Carlos Benavent | Sa'at Syah | Ade Rudiana

Dharmawan turned heads with his 2CD Pasar Klewer (MoonJune Records), one of the best albums of 2017, whose conception and...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2018

Brian Bromberg: Thicker Than Water

Willy Murillo | Mark Hollingsworth | Zack Bromberg | Doug Webb | Jason Thor | Nick Lane | Marion Meadows | Mark Visher | George Duke | Randy Brecker

Remember when records came with proud disclaimers about no synthesisers being used in the making of an album? Well, Brian...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2018

Martial Solal: Solo Piano Vol. 2

This session recorded by Ross Russell in 1966 and never issued is an absolute gem, with Solal playing solo and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2018

Sheila Jordan/Harvie S: Yesterdays

Sheila Jordan has often worked with solo bass, from Steve Swallow to her current duo with Cameron Brown, and this...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2018

Echoes of Ellington Jazz Orchestra: Jazz Planets

Jon Stokes | Jay Craig | Nathan Bray | Ryan Quigley | George Hogg | James Davison | Colin Good | Callum Au | Andy Flaxman | Mike Hall

Reedman Peter Long founded Echoes of Ellington 25 years ago and has always sought to present the late maestro's music...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2018

LFU: Lisbon Freedom Unit: Praise Of Our Folly

Rodrigo Amado | Hernâni Faustino | Ricardo Jacinto | Rodrigo Pinheiro | Gabriel Ferrandini | Luís Lopes | Pedro Lopes | Pedro Sousa | Bruno Parrinha

The title riffs on an essay by Renaissance scholar Erasmus, which posits that only folly can bring us close to...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2018

Jeff ‘Siege’ Siegel Quartet: London Live

The NY-based drummer Jeff Siegel has been a dedicated servant to the jazz cause and with a foot in both...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018

Gabriela Friedli Trio: Areas

The trio led by this emerging Swiss pianist, accompanied by bassist Daniel Studer and drummer Dieter Ulrich, take an abstract,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018