Eugene Chadbourne: There'll Be No Tears Tonight

John Zorn | Eugene Chadbourne | Tom Cora | David Licht | Scott Manring | Robbie Link | Dennis Licht

When this album was originally issued on Parachute Records in 1980 it was in the context of a growing wave...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: February/2017

Mosaic: Subterranea

Sam Rapley | Ralph Wyld | Misha Mullov-Abbado | James Copus | Cecilia Bignall | Scott Chapman

This is a highly accomplished band-leading debut by Kenny Wheeler Prize-winner Ralph Wyld, strong in writing, textural detail and spiritual...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: February/2017

Jonathan Silk: Fragment

Percy Pursglove | Jonathan Silk | Beth Bellis | Katrina Davies | Chris Maddock | Richard Foote | Joe Wright | Yusuf Narcin | Andy Johnson | Mike Fletcher

Silk, a regular drummer with Soweto Kinch, gratefully used the BBC's financial support to study composition with Maria Schneider and...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: February/2017

Georgie Fame: Survival: A Career Anthology 1963-2015

Madeline Bell | Alec Dankworth | Anthony Kerr | Bob Malach | Ralph Salmins | Johnny Marshall | Alan Price | James Powell | Georgie Fame | Steve Gadd

If you wish to judge a man by the company he keeps, then look no further than the Hall of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2017

Jorge Rossy: Stay There

With a line-up including Mark Turner and Al Foster, the Catalonian ex-Mehldau sideman and drummer (on vibes/marimba here) certainly has...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017

Wadada Leo Smith: America's National Parks

Anthony Davis | Ashley Walters | Pheeroan akLaff | John Lindberg | Wadada Leo Smith | Jesse Gilbert

Smith's recent collaboration with Vijay Iyer, a cosmic rhythm with every stroke, centred on the work of the late Indian...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2017

Jackson/Long/Taylor/Tippett: Four Quartets

Ashley-John Long | Benedict Taylor | Keith Tippett | Tom Jackson

For groups such as Centipede, Mujician and Tapestry, as well as for his work alongside the likes of Stan Tracey,...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: February/2017

Resolution 88: Afterglow

Brit bandleader and multi-keyboardist player Tom O'Grady's band, featuring saxophonist Alex Hitchcock, attempts to take the world of Headhunters jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017

Herb Geller: Four Classic Albums

Gems from Geller's early (1955-59) career, two by his quartet with wife Lorraine, one by a bebop band with Kenny...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Square One: In Motion

David Bowden | Joe Williamson | Stephen Henderson | Peter Johnstone

Square One is a Glasgow-based quartet initially coming together as students of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) in 2014....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017