Luca Nostra Quintet: Are You OK?

Donny McCaslin | Tyshawn Sorey | John Escreet | Luca Nostra | Joe Sanders

The forty-something Roman guitarist Luca Nostra, who contributed five years to the leading Italian New Music Parco della Musica Contemporanea...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2016

Peter Jones: Utopia

This follow-up to his 2013 debut One Way Ticket To Palookaville sees vocalist Peter Jones pick up where he left...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2015

Howard Riley Trio: Discussions

Barry Guy | Ray Binns | Malcolm Kaye | Jon Hiseman | Howard Riley

Riley, free jazz and aficionados of the Brit jazz breakthrough will all be appreciative of this release of the man’s...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2016

Joe Williams: That Kind of Woman/Sentlmental And Melancholy

This is MOR Williams, a million miles away from the authoritative jazz singer on the following disc with Edison, in...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2016

Scott Hamilton: Live in Barcelona

Scott Hamilton | Gerard Nieto | Ignasi Gonzalez | Esteve Pi

Hamilton was in Barcelona for a couple of nights in December 2010 and this Spanish issue selects the best of...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2016

UMO Jazz Orchestra with Michael Brecker: Live in Helsinki 1995

Michael Brecker

The UMO Jazz Orchestra in Helsinki is one of several leading big bands in Europe staffed by full time professionals....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2016

Georgie Fame and the Last Blue Flames: Swan Songs

As the title says his album is supposed to call a halt on an illustrious recording career starting in the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2016

Marc Ribot: The Young Philadelphians: Live In Tokyo

Yoshie Kajiwara | Mary Halvorson | Takako Siba | Jamaaladeen Tacuma | Marc Ribot | China Azuma | G. Calvin Weston

Even Ribot’s wide-open CV, riding shotgun with everyone from Tom Waits to Elton John, and as comfortable as leader with...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: February/2016

Josh Berman Trio: A Dance and a Hop

A Chicago cornetist of great standing on the Windy City underground scene joins regular partners Jason Roebke and Frank Rosaly...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2016

Tom Rainey Trio: Hotel Grief

Mary Halvorson | Tom Rainey | Ingrid Laubrock

The Cornelia Street Café in Greenwich Village is a venue in which specialist leftfield improvisers often converge. One of its...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2016