Erik Honoré: Unrest

Leader and co-founder of the pioneering improvised electronica Norwegian Punkt festival, Honoré also makes things happen here alongside an A-list...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2018

Marc Copland: Nightfall

Dieter Ilg | Till Brönner

It’s not just the press release that modestly claims this is perhaps the best of Copland’s four unaccompanied albums, it’s...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2018

Kathy Kosins: Uncovered Soul

The ex-backing vocalist for Was/Was Not performs unusual soul-based originals, with a band including Mitch Forman and Eric Harland, but...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2018

Kyle Eastwood: In Transit

Andrew McCormack | Quentin Collins | Kyle Eastwood | Brandon Allen | Chris Higginbottom | guest Stefano Di Battista

With his jam-packed annual global touring schedule, Kyle Eastwood must spend more time on tour buses and in hotels than...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2018

Various Artists: Svensk Jazzhistoria Vol. 11 (Swedish Jazz History 1970-1979)

Janne Schaffer | Oriental Wind | Putte Wickman | Per Henrik Wallin | Alice Babs | Monica Dominique | Appendix | Radiojazzgruppen | Iskra | Christer Boustedt

For those who might think Swedish jazz history begins with Esbjörn Svensson Trio, the compendium CD box series Svensk Jazzhistoria...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2018

Jing Chi: Supremo

Mike Haynes | Jimmy Haslip | Jeff Coffin | Robben Ford | Vinnie Colaiuta | Vince Gill

Thirteen’s unlucky for some, but as it’s that many years since the core trio last recorded under the Jing Chi...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2018

Stanley Turrentine-Grant Green Quintet: Complete Recordings

Grant Green | Horace Parlan | Stanley Turrentine | Paul Chambers | George Tucker | Art Taylor | Al Harewood | Tommy Flanagan

Dedicated Blue Note fans may well feel a distinct sense of déjà vu, as this 2CD collection, boasting 18 tracks,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2018

Gunter Hampel: Bounce - Live At Theatre Güersloh

Johannes Schleiermacher | Cavana Lee-Hampel | Gunter Hampel | Bernd Oezsevim

Gunter Hampel, 80, is a revered figure on the central European jazz scene and by all accounts one of the...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: February/2018

Monty Alexander: Here Comes The Sun

Monty Alexander | Duffy Jackson | Montego Joe | Eugene Wright

Jamaican-born pianist Alexander moved to New York and made an early break-through in the 1960s, cast by some as the...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2018

Ron Miles: I Am A Man

Ron Miles | Bill Frisell | Jason Moran | Brian Blade | Thomas Morgan

When a musician like Pine cuts a song called ‘Rivers of Blood’ or Miles takes a title like ‘I am...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2018