Kalle Kalima: High Noon

Max Andrzejewski | Greg Cohen | Kalle Kalima

Happy to say that the music on the upcoming young guitarist Kalle Kalima’s new album High Noon for the German...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016

Various Artists: Georgie Fame Heard Them Here First

Ray Charles | Lord Kitchener | Oscar Brown Jr | Bavan | Jimmy McGriff | Ross | Paul Anka | Lee Dorsey | King Pleasure | Joe Tex

Be warned: despite the cunning title and graphics, this is not a Georgie Fame release! In fact it’s better than...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2016

Mikkel Nordsø Band: Diving in Space for 3 Decades

Led by an experienced Danish jazz rock guitarist, his hard-driving band throw noughties clubby jazz, latin funk and post– Miles...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016

Ian Shaw: The Theory of Joy

Barry Green | Mick Hutton | Dave Ohm | Ian Shaw

There’s an added poignancy to Shaw’s first album with a piano trio in that he covers Bowie’s ‘Where Are We...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2016

Clemens Christian Pötzsch: People and Places

A calming step-back-from-life solo recording by a Leipzig pianist for London based singer Alya Marquardt’s label with a feel for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016

African Headcharge: My Life In A Hole In The Ground/Drastic Season/Environmental Studies/Off The Beaten Track

Bonjo lyabinghi Noah | Jah Wobble | Skip McDonald

Adrian Sherwood, uber-producer, mixmaster and mastermind of On-U Sound, the label that carved out a significant new chapter in the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2016

Count Basie: Live in Pans 1957–1962

From the heyday of the New Testament band, four Paris concerts that rank among its best, most atmospheric, live recordings...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2016

John Alcorn/Warren Vaché: Flying Without Wings

Some of the main players on the Toronto mainstream scene in a quintet led by jazz singer John Alcorn and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016

Sallie Blair: Sexy, Intimate and Swinging

Baltimore-born Blair was quite a star in the 1950s and 60s, and here she sings with some fine accompaniments from...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2016

Grencsó Open Collective: Derenges/Dawn

Over two discs, a Hungarian quartet commemorate the folk-inspired works of compatriot composer Gyrögy Szabados (known as the godfather of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016