Johannes Berauer: Hourglass

Thomas Gould | Bernhard Schimpelsberger | Gwilym Simcock | Mike Walker | Martin Berauer

Though the Austrian bassistcomposer Johannes Berauer isn't listed as personnel, he's the main man behind the new recording Hourglass. With...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

Patrick Zimmerli Quartet: Clockworks

Known by his occasional associations with Brad Mehldau, the composersaxophonist Zimmerli’s quartet features the likes of Ethan Iverson and John...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

Kenny Dorham: Four Classic Albums: Second Set

Wilbur Ware | Ray Bryant | Curtis Fuller | Pepper Adams | Paul Chambers | George Coleman | Lee Morgan | Bobby Timmons | Sonny Clark | Art Taylor

This set cherrypicks three Blue Note dates and one Riverside session, from 1955-1961, rather than (as some other such Avid...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels + Lucinda Williams: Vanished Gardens

Bill Frisell | Charles Lloyd | Reuben Rogers | Greg Leisz | Eric Harland | Lucinda Williams

This is an album that is probably closer to Americana since it draws on, and is informed by, a host...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2018

Frode Halti: Avant Folk

Accordionist Frode Halti’s quite mesmerising brew of ancient traditionalism and experimental classical forms is adapted mostly from Norwegian folk sources....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

Finn Loxbo: Eter

The Stockholm-based guitarist and ex-FIRE! Orchestra member Finn Loxbo plays seven abstract solo improvisations on acoustic steel-string and calls on...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

Emanative: Earth

Alex Ritz | Bobby Avey | Matt Vashlishan | Dave Liebman | Tony Marino

This is a maximalist, internationalist, panfaith record, stuffing all 79 minutes of CD time with music, and stretching attention spans...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2020

Alan Braufman: Valley Of Search

Ralph Williams | Cecil McBee | Alan Braufman | Cooper-Moore | David Lee

Originally surfacing in 1975 as the second release on the storied underground label India Navigations – and now receiving its...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2018

Joe Magnarelli: Magic Trick

Andy Fusco | Ben Wolfe | Byron Landon | John Hart | Joe Magnarelli

I was less than enthusiastic about trumpeter Magnarelli in a recent review. Happily, it's possible to be rather more appreciative...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2018

Tenderlonius feat. The 22archestra: The Shakedown

Jeen Bassa | Yussef Dayes | Hamish Balfour | Reggie Omas | Konrad | Ed ‘Tenderlonius’ Cawthorne | Fergus Ireland

One of the hallmarks of the London ‘new wave’ is the strength of the groove-playing, sometimes to the exclusion of...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: August/2018