Andy Nowak Trio: Reset

Steve Davis | Andy Nowak | Spencer Brown

The spare, cyclical grooves popularised by GoGo Penguin and Mammal Hands have their equivalent at rock music's more refined end,...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: April/2018

Michael Mantler: Comment C'est

Max Brand Ensemble | Sun Yi | Christoph Cech | Tibor Kövesdi | David Helbock | Michael Mantler | Himiko Paganotti

In principle, this reviewer has nothing against the idea of jazz-identified performers and writers preferring to move into the realm...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2018

Toto Bona Lokua: Bondeko

Gerald Toto | Richard Bona | Lokua Kanza

A sort of African-origin Crosby, Stills and Nash, this power trio burst onto the world jazz scene back in 2004...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2018

Dan Montgomery: Storyteller

A driving contemporaneous set from Rochester-based composer/bassist Montgomery that's packed with punchy horn hooks from altoist Sam Priven and tenorist...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2018

Ray Charles: Four Classic Albums

Hot on the heels of Avid's first Ray Charles set, this similarly mouthwatering 2CD collection brings together Yes Indeed!, What'd...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2020

Victoria Rummler: Take Two

Guilherme Monteiro | Federico Casagrande | Dano Haider | Victoria Rummler | Lionel Loueke | Nguyên Lê

This third album from the US-born, Paris-based vocalist Victoria Rummler presents a series of captivating duets with a quintet of...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2018

Echoes of Swing: Travelin'

Part of an ongoing series in which Munich's ACT label focuses on ‘classic’ period jazz, the chamber-like quartet here brings...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2018

Laurence Pike: Distant Early Warning

Using just kit and sampler, the Australian drummer Laurence Pike wraps his acoustic extemporisations in both understated looping grooves and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2018

Trevor Watts: Dialogues With Strings

Trevor Watts | Alison Blunt | Veryan Weston | Hannah Marshall

Watts, now in his 80th year, and Weston, a mere 67, both count as veterans of the British free-jazz scene,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2018

Jonathan Saraga: Journey To A New World

Chris Pattishall | Jonathan Saraga | Rick Rosato | Aki Ishiguro | Kenneth Salters | Remy Le Boeuf

I've always had a soft spot for the Fresh Sound New Talent label. It's Jordi Pujol's special baby and shows...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: April/2018