Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo: Peace

Described as ‘the Ellington of free jazz’, the pianist-composer Fujii delivers an intense and diverse series of pieces that features...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Curtis Stigers with the Danish Radio Big Band: One More for the Road

Danish Radio Big Band | Curtis Stigers

If there are some albums which outstay their welcome by shoehorning in a sub-par filler or two, equally there are...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2017

Debashish Bhattacharya: Hawaii To Calcutta: A Tribute To Tau Moe

Alan Akaka | Jeff Peterson | Subhasis Bhattacharya | Benny Chong | Bobby Ingano | Debashish Bhattacharya

Suckers for projects with thematic hooks need look no further than this Bengali slide whiz's Hawaii To Calcutta to get...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: March/2017

Frank Kimbrough: Solstice

The pianist in trio with Jeff Hirshfield and Jay Anderson leads an exquisite set of steadily contemplative versions of compositions...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

Jimmy Giuffre 3: Bremen and Stuttgart 1961

Jimmy Giuffre | Paul Bley | Steve Swallow

This is a reissue and a half, comprising two German radio concerts as originally issued on Hatology back in the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2017

Max Nagl Ensemble: Live at Porgy & Bess Vienna Vol.2

Vienna's best jazz club plays host to the Austrian reedsman's lively nonet mix of global street sounds, post-Ellingtonian ensemble jazz,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

Art Hirahara: Central Line

Donny McCaslin | Rudy Royston | Linda Oh | Art Hirahara

Titled after the Chuo-Sen, the subway train line that connects up the jazz clubs in Tokyo, Central Line signals a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

Strobes: Brokespeak

Matt Calvert | Joshua Blackmore | Dan Nichols

It should come as no surprise that two of this gnarly electro-rock trio – keys man Nichols and drummer Blackmore...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: March/2017

Terry Bozzio: Composer Series

Terry Bozzio

Hope you've got a big satchel to take this home from the shops: I guess, when you play as gigantic...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2017

Olegario Diaz: Aleph in Chromatic

Olegario Diaz | Bobby Franceschini | Alex Sipiagin | Nate Smith | James Genus | Nené Quintero

The seven originals on Olegario Diaz's fourth SteepleChase release reference the Venezuelan-born pianist/composer's key inspirations. ‘Grolnick’, named after late US...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: March/2017