Satoko Fuji Orchestra New York: Fukushima

A prolific Japanese pianist-composer gives her very personal response to the 2011 nuclear disaster that occurred in the city of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

LeeAnn Ledgerwood: Renewal

Dedicated labels such as Steeplechase are treasured by fans of straightahead jazz, where personal expression takes preference over originality. The...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Bobo Stenson: Contra la indecision

Bobo Stenson | Anders Jormin | Jon Fält

The partnership between Stenson and Jormin goes back to the 1980s, in both the trio format and also in rhythm...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2018

Théo Girard Trio: 30YearsFrom

Seb Rochford | Antoine Berjeaut | Théo Girard

French bassist Girard turns 40 this year, and his belated solo debut imagines its tracks as staging posts on an...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: March/2018

The Remote Viewers: Last Man In Europe

Adrian Northover | John Edwards | David Petts

London-based improv ensemble The Remote Viewers have previously created music with dystopian undercurrents, which given that free improv ordinarily flirts...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: March/2018

Chris Dave & The Drumhedz

Chris Dave | Pino Palladino | Keyon Harrold | Bilal Oliver | Stokley Carmichael | James Poyser | Isaiah Sharkey

The presence of no fewer than 15 tracks on this long-awaited debut by one of the pivotal drummers in contemporary...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2018

Lisa Mezzacappa: Glorious Ravage

Nicole Mitchell | Jordan Glenn | Dina Maccabee | Tim Perkis | Lisa Mezzacappa | Mark Dresser | Vinny Golia | John Finkbeiner | Darren Johnson | Cory Wright

This ‘panoramic song cycle’ by San Franciscan bassist-composer Mezzacappa is inspired by Isabella Bird and other intrepid women travellers from...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2018

Bobby Darius: The Bobby Darius Trio – “That Kid Can Swing!”

Bobby Darius | Sy Breslin | Minton Armitage

Sure, there have been other jazz prodigies: Bix, Buddy Rich, Mary Lou Williams, Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, to name but...

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

Andy Sheppard Quartet: Romaria

Andy Sheppard | Michel Benita | Eivind Aarset | Sebastian Rochford

Prior to laying down his first recording as a leader for ECM, Andy Sheppard had more than paid his dues....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Sonny Stitt & Hank Jones Quartet/Quintet: Cherokee/Legendary Studio Sessions

Hank Jones | Tommy Potter | Al Lucas | Milt Hinton | Osie Johnson | Wendell Marshall | Roy Haynes | Sonny Stitt | Shadow Wilson | Paul Gonsalves

In a parallel universe, if Usain Bolt had been cast as a saxophonist, he would have surely been Sonny Stitt...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2018