Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra: Vula

Daniel Glatzel | 18-piece orchestra

This is the saxophonist Daniel Glatzel's Berlin-based 18-piece contemporary orchestra's fourth album since forming a decade ago. Vula draws from...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2017

Various Artists: Brownswood 10 Versions

This anthology celebrating a decade of Gilles Peterson's Brownswood label is a vinyl-only offering that includes covers by label star...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2017

Various Artists: Songlines Music Awards 2017

The Gloaming | Calypso Rose | Noura Mint Seymali | Roberto Fonseca | The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians | Musicians of the Calais Jungle | FLUX

We start on familiar ground, with the sophisticated Afro-Cuban hustle of Roberto Fonseca's ‘Cubano Chant’. Naturally, Jazzwise's sister publication Songlines...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: June/2017

The Four Brothers: …Together Again

I reviewed this for Jazzwise when the CD version first appeared from French RCA 17 years ago, and this is...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2017

Theo Hill: Promethean

Reigniting the compositions of Tony Williams, Herbie, and Kenny Kirkland among others, this New York-based pianist keeps mainstream bop/modal traditions...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2017

Don and Camille Dietrich: Dietrichs

Central to this rather sinister father (sax) and daughter (cello) über-noise improv duo's new album is ‘The Decapitator Suite’, which...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2017

Polly Gibbons: Is It Me…?

Ray Brinker | Tamir Hendelman | Polly Gibbons | Graham Dechter | James Pearson | Kevin Axt

Dazzling arrangements, superb playing and, right at its heart, the dynamic, mellifluous pipes of Polly Gibbons. This highly anticipated second...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2017

Kerem Görsev with Strings: Spring Water

The Turkish pianist's compositions, arranged for orchestra by Alan Broadbent with ex-Bill Evans bassist Joe LaBarbera and drummer Darek Oles...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2017

Mose Allison: Complete 1957-1962 Vocal Sides

Mose Allison

For anyone who is yet to discover the singular stylings of the late, lamented Mose Allison, this Essential Jazz Classics...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2017

Hackney Colliery Band: Live

Gerald Watkins | Jason Marsalis | Jasen Weaver | Oscar Rossignoli

The damaging walls built between jazz and the rest of popular music are blessedly crumbling now. This first live album...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2020