Kate Williams: Four Plus Three

Oli Hayhurst | John Garner | Kate Williams | David Ingamells | Marie Schreer | Sergio Serra | Miguel Rodriguez | Guastalla String Quartet

It won’t take the mathematically inclined too long to work out that the album title reveals its intention i.e. the...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2016

Red Callender: Four Classic Albums

The West Coast bassist gets the Avid anthology treatment, his quaint sextet with two basses, French horn and flute not...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Les Double Six

In the slender list of great vocalese singers, these Parisians are way more adventurous and sophisticated than Lambert Hendricks &...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2016

Yves Robert Trio: Inspired

A trombonist-composer, with broad links to early jazz and roots music through to the avant-garde's use of extended techniques, creates...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017

Flat Earth Society: Terms Of Em-barr-ass-ment

This cult big band, the Belgian equivalent of Loose Tubes, are recorded live in 2014 in various European locations and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2016

Various Artists: Miles Ahead (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Miles Davis | Keyon Harrold | Esperanza Spalding | Herbie Hancock | Wayne Shorter | Gary Clarke Jr | Taylor Eigsti | Robert Glasper | Elena Pinderhughes | Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle's recent feature Miles Ahead didn’t follow the usual ‘biopic’ rules of time and space so it's ironic that...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2016

Conrad Herwig – Igor Butman: Reflections

Alex Sipiagin | David Kikoski | Conrad Herwig | Kenny Davis | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | Igor Butman

This is trombonist Herwig's tenth leader album for Criss Cross and the playing really is as good as it gets....

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2016

Brad Mehldau Trio: Blues and Ballads

Jeff Ballard | Larry Grenadier | Brad Mehldau

Following the epic, turbo-charged one man showcase on the retrospective 10 Years Solo Live and the exhilarating contemporary prog electronica...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2016

Romain Pilon Trio + Ben Wendel & Walter Smith III: The Magic Eye

Eagle-eye contemporary jazz fans in the UK might have heard of the highly-rated Paris Jazz Underground Collective guitarist Romain Pilon...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2016

Bastian Stein: Viktor

Phil Donkin | James Maddren | Bastian Stein | Johannes Enders

This is the second Pirouet release (and third release overall as leader) from German trumpeter Bastian Stein. In terms of...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2016