Stephan Micus: Inland Sea

Stephan Micus

This album announced itself as immediately remarkable to me for featuring one of the largest number of instruments (calculated as...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2017

Fred Hersch: {Open Book}

Fred Hersch

The fiercely independent 61-year-old pianist Fred Hersch has been a quietly influential figure on the next generation of open-minded pianists,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2017

Max Nagl: Exit in Fahrtrichtung

The Austrian saxophonist Max Nagl – here playing alongside a string quartet – has a taste for mixing up apparent...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2017

Ben Allison: Layers of the City

Ben Allison | Steve Cardenas | Alan Mednard | Jeremy Pelt | Frank Kimbrough

Bassist Ben Allison has had a quite extraordinary recording career. During his early days in New York he had nine...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: September/2017

Grateful Dead: Long Strange Trip

Ron ‘Pigpen’ McKernan | David Grisman | Brent Mydland | Bob Weir | Phil Lesh | Keith Godchaux | Jerry Garcia | Mickey Hart | Tom Constanten | Vince Welnick

The Grateful Dead (1965-1995) come with a closet stuffed with many, many skeletons and bearing gifts. The Long Strange Trip...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: September/2017

Tara Minton: The Tides of Love

Originally from Melbourne but now London-based, this harpist/singer-songwriter combines a Kate Bush-inflected vocal with the inspiration of soulful 1960s pop...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2017

Julie London: Calendar Girl

Twelve songs relating to 12 months are no problem for London, despite a vintage set of sleeve photos of dubious...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2017

Mahalia Jackson: Complete Mahalia Jackson Vol. 14

The first of four albums of songs that were filmed by TEC TV in the summer of 1961, this is...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2017

Vijay Iyer Sextet: Far From Over

Tyshawn Sorey | Graham Haynes | Steve Lehman | Vijay Iyer | Stephan Crump | Mark Shim

Far From Over arrests on so many levels that at times the energy and varying emotional pulses seem nearly uncontainable....

Reviewed by John Murph in issue: September/2017

Ryan Keberle & Catharsis: Find the Common, Shine a Light

The Brooklyn-based trombonist Keberle's Catharsis finds some resonance with the turmoil of contemporary politics in his original material and the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2017