Iiro Rantala: My Finnish Calendar

Iiro Rantala

In his days with his Trio Toykeat, Rantala emerged as a formidably talented player capable of inspired derring-do that few...

Reviewed in issue October/2019

David Helbock: Playing John Williams: Piano Works XIV

David Helbock

This is David Helbock's third album for ACT, an association that got off to a flying start with Into the...

Reviewed in issue October/2019

Luca Aquino: Italian Songbook

Trumpeter Aquino plays the themes as his trio decoratively weave improvisations around lush middle-of-the-road, largely slow-paced orchestral arrangements of film...

Reviewed in issue September/2019

Edinar Castaneda & Grégoire Maret: Harp vs. Harp

Harpist Castaneda meets harmonica player Maret. Both are exciting individualists, yet these Latin folk-blues-fused recordings only flicker with interest, steering...

Reviewed in issue September/2019

Jazz At Berlin Philharmonic IX: Pannonica – Tribute to the Jazz Baroness

Anton Eger | Charenée Wade | Ernie Watts | Dan Berglund | Iiro Rantala | Angelika Niescier

Siggi Loch's immaculately curated jazz concert series, Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic, continues on record with an ‘A’ list of European...

Reviewed in issue September/2019

Serena Fisseau & Vincent Peirani: So Quiet

Indonesian-French singer Fisseau and accordionist/pianist Peirani offer up intimate interpretations of French Chanson, Indonesian, Brazilian and English-speaking popular song....

Reviewed in issue August/2019

Max Stadtfeld: Stax

Not a tribute to the legendary Memphis soul label, but the nickname of a young German drummer-composer whose quartet debut...

Reviewed in issue July/2019

Daniel Garcia Trio: Travesuras

Mentored by Danilo Pérez, the Spanish pianist-composer Garcia's trio brings ferocious technique to an otherwise pretty unremarkable blend of homegrown...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Adam Bałdych Quartet: Sacrum Profanum

Dawid Fortuna | Michael Barański | Adam Bałdych | Krzysztof Dys

This is Bałdychs sixth album for ACT, and his first for the label with his fellow Polish musicians. Reflecting his...

Reviewed in issue May/2019

Gwilym Simcock: Near and Now

Gwilym Simcock

This follow-up to Simcock's Mercury Prize-shortlisted 2011 ACT debut, the brilliant Good Days At Schloss Elmau, was penned primarily on...

Reviewed in issue May/2019