Rebecca Angel: What We Had

Producer-arranger Jason Miles applies the sheen on the debut album from a 22-year-old New York-based MOR popjazz wannabe with pretensions...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

Ravi & Anoushka Shankar: Live In Bangalore

Tanboy Bose | Sanjeev Shankar | Ravichandra Kular | Pirashanna Thevarajah | Sanjay Sharma | Ravi Shankar | Anoushka Shankar

This 2CD/1DVD package captures ‘Ravi Shankar's Farewell Indian Concert’ at the Bengaluru Palace Grounds in Bangalore, the capital city of...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: August/2018

Ketil Bjørnstad: A Suite of Poems

Anneli Drecker | Ketil Bjørnstad

Some time ago the Norwegian-Danish writer Lars Sabye Christensen began composing poems in the various hotel rooms he was staying...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2018

Nik Bärtsch's Ronin: Awase

Thomy Jordi | Nik Bärtsch | Kaspar Rast | Sha

This is the first release since 2012's Live for the Swiss from composer/pianist Nik Bärtsch's long-running Ronin band, now remodelled...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2018

Fergus McCreadie Trio: Turas

The Glasgow-based pianist McCreadie’s composition titles trace a map of his Scottish homeland and the music is an effervescent mix...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

Angelika Niescier Trio: The Berlin Concert

Tyshawn Sorey | Chirstopher Tordini | Angelika Niescier

Some five decades after Rollins showed that the trio, as opposed to the quartet, can be one of the most...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2018

Tia Fuller: Diamond Cut

Tia Fuller | Adam Rogers | Dave Holland | Terri Lyne Carrington | Sam Yahel | Jack DeJohnette | James Genus | Bill Stewart

The inclusion of giants among men in the personnel for this fourth album by alto-saxophonist Fuller is newsworthy. But the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2018

Gordon Beck: Jubilation!: Trios, Quartets and Septets in Session 1964-1984

Chris Pyne | Tony Oxley | Johnny Butts | Frank Ricotti | Ron Mathewson | Jeff Clyne | Ray Warleigh | Kenny Wheeler | Gordon Beck | John McLaughlin

It's possible to argue that in many ways some of pianist Gordon Beck’s finest playing was during the three years...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2018

Teddy Wilson: Classic Brunswick and Columbia Sessions 1934-1942

Roy Eldridge | Benny Morton | Ella Fitzgerald | Vido Musso | Red Norvo | Teddy Wilson | Pee Wee Russell | Bobby Hackett | Helen Ward | Jimmy Hamilton

There’s a danger these days of Teddy Wilson’s playing being overlooked, except by determined devotees of the swing era. The...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2018

Alina Bzhezhinska: Inspiration

Larry Bartle | Joel Prime | Alina Bzhezhinska | Tony Kofi

From the opening delicate ripples of ‘Wisdom Eye,’ you can tell that London-based Ukrainian harpist Alina Bzhezhinska has forged a...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2018