Nat Birchall: Cosmic Language

Michael Bardon | Adam Fairhall | Nat Birchall | Andy Hay

The eloquent and dedicated Manchester saxophonist Nat Birchall's music has long focused on the textures and nuances of John Coltrane's...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2018

Michael Wollny Trio: Oslo

Norwegian Wind Ensemble | Christian Weber | Eric Schaefer | Geir Lysne | Michael Wollny

The Leipzig-based pianist Michael Wollny has been the main attraction of the ACT label's stable of emerging German jazz musicians...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2018

Martin Pyne and Stephen Grew: Winter Landscape

Stephen Grew | Martin Pyne

“This music is a complete unedited sequence of improvisations, recorded on a bitterly cold day in Lancaster Baptist Church,” the...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: April/2018

Julie Tippetts & Mark Wastell: Unraveling The Waterfall

Julie Tippetts | Mark Wastell

Recorded live in Cafe OTO, this meeting between Julie Tippetts and Mark Wastell is released on a new imprint of...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: April/2018

Hobby Horse: Helm

The sax-bass-drums trio of Dan Kinzelman, Joe Rehmer and Stefano Tamborrino mix up ambient electronica, nu-prog, chamber minimalism, and post-Downtown...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2018

Merkabah: Million Miles

Kuba Sokólski | Rafal Wawszkiewicz | Adrien Cognac | Aleksander Pawlowicz | Gabriel Orlowski

Three years on after the release of their debut album, Moloch, Polish experimental group Merkabah return with an ambitious set...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: April/2018

Steve Hobbs: Tribute to Bobby

Paying tribute to Bobby Hutcherson, who passed away soon after this was recorded in 2016, the engagingly vociferous mallet man...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2018

Fats Waller And His Rhythm: Rhythm and Romance

Presenting just three sessions by Fats and his Rhythm from 1935, this compilation by the late John Wadley is a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2018

Bruno Heinen: Mr. Vertigo

Bruno Heinen

Mr. Vertigo is Heinen's sixth album for Oliver Weindling's Babel imprint, an exploration of solo piano counterpoint using subtle overdubs...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2018

Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book

Ella Fitzgerald

This outstanding 2CD set, the first of Fitzgerald's Song Book series, should be at the top of any aspiring jazz...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2018