Peter Madsen's Seven Sins Ensemble: Never Bet The Devil Your Head

Inspired by the writings of Edgar Allen Poe, this well-established pianist's compositions combine spidery strings arrangements with a smart jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2018

Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: Oneness

Gaz Hughes | Gavin Barras | Stan Ambrose | Matthew Halsall | Rachael Gladwin | Adam Fairhall | Chris Davies | Nat Birchall | Mohamed Assani

In tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman's tight circle of collaborators pianist Matthew Shipp is practically a centre point, a fulcrum for...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2019

Romain Pilon: Copper

Romain Pilon | Tony Paeleman | Pierre de Bethmann | Fred Pasqua | Seamus Blake

“Pilon goes electric!” So the headline should run for this fourth album from the Berklee College of Music alumnus, whose...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2018

Esbjörn Svensson Trio: e.s.t. Live in London

Esbjörn Svensson | Magnus Öström | Dan Berglund

It is now 10 years since the tragic and untimely death of Esbjörn Svensson: a decade in which a new...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2018

Kenny Barron Quintet: Concentric Circles

Mike Rodriguez | Kiyoshi Kitagawa | Johnathan Blake | Dayna Stephens | Kenny Barron

Kenny Barron, the surefootedly elegant Philadelphia-born pianist, has released a deluge of classy discs since his recording debut in 1968...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2018

Mary Halvorson: Code Girl

Mary Halvorson | Michael Formanek | Tomas Fujiwara | Amirtha Kidambi | Ambrose Akinmusire

“It is not predictable, my mind” sings Amirtha Kidambi on the opening track on Mary Halvorson's seventh album as leader....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2018

Barre Phillips & Motoharu Yoshizawa: Oh My, Those Boys!

Motoharu Yoshizawa | Barre Phillips

Barre Phillips’ range of collaborators has included Leonard Bernstein and Evan Parker; Motoharu Yoshizawa, who died in 1998, played with...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: June/2018

Sarah Buechi: Contradiction Of Happiness

A feverishly committed Swiss singersongwriter combines elements of folk, alt.rock and various jazz-improv traditions on her third CD for Intakt,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2018

Flook Pennnington and His Red Hoteroonie: Still Stompin’

Willie Gussette | Louis Gabardine | Jacques Musteron | Flook Pennington

Let's say straight up that Flook Pennington was no Buddy Bolden. He was a white door-to-door salesman from Bismarck, North...

Reviewed by J. J. Geiger in issue: June/2018

Phil Minton & Roger Turner: Scraps Of Heard

Typically feral duet from these two UK improvisers. Plenty of linguistic aerobics and percussive chatter conjure a most alien dialogue....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2018