Max Johnson: In The West

The new York-based double bassist (in quartet featuring intriguing pianist-composer Kris Davis) keeps a foot in both the leftfield improv...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2017

De Beren Gieren: Dug Out Skyscrapers

One of the more idiosyncratic of the current crop of ‘live’ European piano trios, De Beren Gieren have The Bad...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2017

The Sonny Bunt Quintet: Live at the Giraffe Room

Wilford Dixon | Sonny Bunt | Marge Gunderson | Hoot Nettleton | Gene Crooper

Bird had Dean Benedetti. Sonny Bunt had a former sock salesman called Clyde Farson. Just as Benedetti burned with the...

Reviewed by J. J. Geiger in issue: November/2017

The Liberation Music Collective: Rebel Portraiture

Led by Indiana-based vocalist Hannah Fidler and trumpeter Matt Riggen, this is a modern day version – lying somewhere between...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2017

Cyrus Chestnut: There's A Sweet, Sweet Spirit

Cyrus Chestnut | Steve Nelson | Djoré Nance | Lenny White | Buster Williams | Charlotte Small | Keesha Gumbs

Chestnut has often highlighted his background in the church, both in his oft-times soulful playing style and in his selection...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2017

Carl Winther & Jerry Bergonzi: Inner Journey

Carl Winther | Johnny Äman | Jerry Bergonzi | Anders Mogensen

Jerry Bergonzi first recorded with Danish pianist Carl Winther and his rhythm section in 2011. Since then, they have recorded...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2017

Grit Ensemble: Komeda Deconstructed

An interesting compilation of some of Krzysztof Komeda's lesser-known film works by a Polish septet that offer a particularly sumptuous...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2017

Kevin Hays/Lionel Loueke: Hope

Kevin Hays | Lionel Loueke

It's been quite a year for brilliant yet ubiquitous Benin-born guitarist Lionel Loueke. He's popped up on albums with the...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: October/2019

Steve Lacy: Free For A Minute

Paul Motian | Steve Potts | Kent Carter | Enrico Rava | Irene Aebi | Steve Lacy | Aldo Romano

Stunning 2CD package of four sessions that capture the soprano legend in imperious form, surrounded by fine American and European...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2017

Marius Neset: Circle of Chimes

Ingrid Neset | Anton Eger | Andreas Brantelid | Marius Neset | Lionel Loueke | Jim Hart | Petter Eldh | Ivo Neame

Originally commissioned to bring in the New Year at the Kölner Philharmonie in Cologne in 2016, this is the Norwegian...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2017