The Sachal Ensemble: Song of Lahore

The Sachal Ensemble

This is an album that comes not only with great music but also a great story attached. In Lahore a...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2016

Chat Noir: Nine Thoughts For One Word

Alessandro Tomaselli | J. Peter Schwalm | Michele Cavallari | Daniel Calvi | Luca Fogagnolo

Chat Noir's electronic textures and rock vibe may not sit easily with the jazz vision of some. But the band...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2016

Cadentia Nova Danica: August 1966 Jazzhus Montmartre

Danish free jazz (helped along by US returnee John Tchicai) from the mid-1960s New Thing era, is good to hear...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2016

Gerald Wiggins: Four Classic Albums

The ‘Wig’ was a legend on 52nd Street and then Los Angeles – this collection from 1956-57 shows off his...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

The Hot Sardines: French Fries + Champagne

This sassy gypsy swing band play show tunes, film themes and old blues and something a little more unpredictable: a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2016

Various Artists: Jamaica Jazz

Dizzy Reece | Feat The Jamaican Calypsonians | Tommy McCook | Joe Harriott | Cecil Lloyd | Harold McNair

Frémeaux can lay claim to being one of the most accomplished of ‘legacy’ labels for its vast catalogue of releases...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2016

Jürg Frey: Guitarist, Alone

Jürg Frey | Cristián Alvear

Is this a case of silence interrupted or notes ornately framed in a vacuum? As with all those operating within...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: August/2016

Sonny Rollins Trio/Horace Silver Quintet: Zurich 1959

Junior Cook | Sonny Rollins | Henry Grimes | Blue Mitchell | Louis Hayes | Horace Silver | Pete LaRoca | Gene Taylor

A game of two halves stylistically, but each team plays to its strengths. Recorded in the studio by Swiss radio,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2016

Braun Whalum Brown: BWB

This trio of veteran smooth jazz dudes must be able to churn this stuff out in their sleep by now....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2016

Joanna Wallfisch: Gardens In My Mind

Joanna Wallfisch | Sacconi Quartet | Dan Tepfer

Ushering you into a magical soundworld that references everything from the Third Stream stylings of Chick Corea and Gary Burton's...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2016