Oscar Peterson Trio: Night Train

Herb Ellis | Buddy Rich | Oscar Peterson | Barney Kessel | Ray Brown | Ed Thigpen

Just like Buddy Rich (heard in an almost subliminal role on one of the bonus tracks here), whose technique was...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2017

Various Artists: Sky Music: A Tribute To Terje Rypdal

Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen | Reine Fiske | Hans Magnus Ryan | Erik Friedlander | Bill Frisell | David Torn | Gard Nilssen | Raul Björkenheim | Henry Kaiser | Even Helte Hermansen

Norwegian guitarist Terje Rypdal has been a major presence in Scandinavian music for over half a century, from his teenage...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2017

Mammal Hands: Shadow Work

Tom Moore | Pete Yelding | Jesse Barrett | Jordan Smart | Nick Smart

Mammal Hands' faith in minimalism, and the similarly circling, mantric patterns of folk and dance music, remains unbroken. They lack...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: October/2017

The Pollyseeds: Sounds Of Crenshaw Vol. 1

Preson Harris | Craig Brockman | Robert Glasper | Andrew Gouche | Robert Sput | Wyann Vaughn | Adam Turchin | Rose Gold | Kenneth Crouche | Trevor Lawrence

To Pimp A Butterfly could just be the decade's most important album for US jazz at least, Kendrick Lamar's imprimatur...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: October/2017

Konstrukt featuring Alan Wilkinson, Alexander Hawkins and Daniel Spicer: L.O.T.U.S.

Ediz Hafzoglu | Umut Caglar | Barlas Tan Ozemek | Alexander Hawkins | Daniel Spicer | Alan Wilkinson | Korhan Futaci

The assembled crowd at Cafe OTO chant their collective approval as Konstrukt's 72-minute improvisation, argued alongside a trio of simpatico...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: October/2017

Dusan Jevtovic: No Answer

Barcelona-based Serbian guitarist crosses Mahavishnu with hints of nu-metal and ambient, but the set tends to plod along uneventfully, in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2017

John Coltrane: European Tour 1961 featuring Eric Dolphy

Although Eric Dolphy had been friendly with Coltrane in Los Angeles since the 1950s, it was not until a cross...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2019

Cameron Valle: Jouska

These Leeds-based mosh-pit jazz progsters feature saxophonist-keyboardist Miles Spilsbury, and are at times reminiscent of Pete Wareham's former Acoustic Ladyland....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2017

Brandon Seabrook: Die Trommel Fatale

Brandon Seabrook | Chuck Bettis | Dave Treut | Sam Ospovat | Marika Hughes | Eivind Opsvik

Brandon the banjo-brigand becomes Brandon the axe-wielding big-band incubus on this ensemble recording, a fussy web of clandestine passageways and...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: October/2017

VEIN: VEIN plays RAVEL

Florian Arbenz | Andy Sheppard | Florian Weiss | Noah Arnold | Michael Arbenz | Thomas Lähns | Nils Fischer | Martial In Al-bon

Less than a year after releasing The Chamber Music Effect, inspired by their lifelong love for classical music, Swiss trio...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: October/2017