Tigran Hamasyan: For Gyumri

Tigran Hamasyan

Hamasyan, 31, is an Armenian pianist who has released eight albums, won a clutch of important awards and accolades from...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2018

Album Interview: Kizzy Crawford and Gwilym Simcock: Birdsong/Cân yr Adar

Kizzy Crawford | Gwilym Simcock | Sarah Bennett | Carys Evans | Francesca Gilbert | Lucy McKay | Abel Selaocoe | Simmy Singh

On Birdsong/Cân yr Adar, the gorgeous melodies of Kizzy Crawford combine with the exquisite arrangements and production of Gwilym Simcock...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2018

Red Alert

Tom Mason | Janette Mason | Jack Pollitt

Janette Mason is the MD at London's Hideaway jazz club and worked for a while as a session musician, touring...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: May/2018

Martin Speake: Intention

Ethan Iverson | Martin Speake | Fred Thomas | James Maddren

I first came across the long-honed empathy of London alto saxophonist Martin Speake and the American pianist/composer Ethan Iverson in...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2018

Jakob Bro: Returnings

Jon Christensen | Jakob Bro | Thomas Morgan | Palle Mikkelborg

Throughout his career Danish guitarist Bro has been a champion of understatement, and this release marks an interesting stage in...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2018

Melody Gardot: Live in Europe

Trummy Young | Bob McCracken | Sid Catlett | Marty Napoleon | Jack Teagarden | Cozy Cole | Barney Bigard | Louis Armstrong | Earl Hines | Arvell Shaw

Recorded at 10 different European venues over a five-year period and released as a 2CD digipak and 3LP set, this...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2020

I Hold The Lions Paw: Abstract Playgrounds

Led by the trumpeter-composer Reuben Lewis, this Melbourne octet's rather chaotic blend of Afro-beat and post-Miles grooves with electronics fails...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2018

Omar Sosa & NDR Big Band: es:sensual

Ingmar Heller | Ernesto Simpson | Marcio Doctor | Omar Sosa

There is an argument to say that Sosa, talented as he is, has over-recorded in the past decade or so....

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2018

The Tubby Hayes Quartet: A Little Workout – Live at The Little Theatre

Tubby Hayes | Tony Levin | Ron Mathewson | Mike Pyne

A Little Workout? More like an all-out assault! It's often said that a band is only as good as its...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2018

Bobby Previte: Rhapsody

Bobby Previte | John Medeski | Jen Shyu | Fabian Rucker | Zeena Parkins | Nels Cline

Throughout his career drummer-composer Previte has led a number of fairly unusually configured ensembles and this sextet is one of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2018