Joachim Kühn New Trio: Love & Peace

Chris Jennings | Eric Schaefer | Joachim Kühn

Kühn’s New Trio was formed in 2015, with Beauty & Truth following in 2016, taking the ‘Best German Ensemble’ prize...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2018

Favourite Animals

Cath Roberts | Dee Byrne | Julie Kjær | Tullis Rennie | Sam Andreae | Anton Hunter | Graham South | Johnny Hunter | Seth Bennett | Tom Ward

There have been a string of great releases on Cath Roberts and Dee Byrne’s Luminous label of late, and this...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: March/2018

Harvey Mason: Sho Nuff Groovin’ You: The Arista Record Anthology 1975-81 BBR

Harvey Mason

To jazz fans Mason is the man who held the masterful groove for Herbie Hancock; to ‘soul boys’ he is...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2018

Christian Kobi: Atta!

Christian Kobi | Wakana Ikeda | Taku Sugimoto | Yoko Ikeda

Swiss saxophonist Christian Kobi is a supremely focused improviser and no surprise, perhaps, to find him associating with a group...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: March/2018

Jamison Ross: All For One

Chris Pattishall | Rick Lollar | Jamison Ross | Barry Stephenson | Cory Irvin

A winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 2012 and mostly known as a drummer on albums such...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2018

Leila Martial: Baabel

Words just aren’t enough for Leila Martial, one of the most inventive young French vocalists of her generation, with her...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Pat Senatore Trio: Inspirations

The veteran ex-Stan Kenton double-bassist Pat Senatore goes for timeless expression on this straightahead trio CD with special guest ex-Tijuana...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Oscar Brown, Jr.: Between Heaven and Hell/Sin & Soul

George Duvivier | Oscar Brown, Jr. | Floyd Morris | David ‘Panama’ Francis

Perhaps it was the sheer breadth of his activity and his refusal to be pigeon-holed – as well as being...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2018

Tandaapushi: Borromean Rings

The new album from Tandaapushi, a Belgian-French trio of Leo Dupleix, Laurens Smet and Louis Evrard, puts the focus on...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Ryan Keberle/Frank Woeste: Reverso - Suite Ravel

Vincent Courtois | Ryan Keberle | Frank Woeste | Jeff Ballard

Just how visionary was Maurice Ravel in his pronouncements on the future of music? During a US tour in 1928...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2018