Mette Henriette:

Per Zanussi | Eivind Lønning | Ingvild Nesdal Sandne | Katrine Schiøtt | Per Oddvar Johansen | Bendik Bjørnstad Foss | Mette Henrietta | Henrik Nøistebø | Andreas Rokseth | Sara Övinge

Norwegian saxophonist Mette Henriette Martedatter Rølvåg happened to find herself next to Manfred Eicher at a gig in Oslo one...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2016

Tore Johansen: Earth Stills

Andy Sheppard | Gard Nilssen | Tore Johansen | Bugge Wesseltoft | Arild Andersen

The inspiration for this languidly expansive suite of tunes, all bar one composed by Norwegian trumpeter Tore Johansen, was provided...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2016

Teddy Edwards: Feelin's

The West Coast tenorist in the mid- 1970s, playing well, but possibly not at his absolute height. Nonetheless he's surrounded...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2016

Lurlean Hunter: Four Classic Albums

Good for Avid in reissuing these tracks by a singer who is not at all well-known, but who had a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Steve Lacy Quintet: Last Tour

Jean-Jacques Avenel | George Lewis | Irene Aebi | Steve Lacy | John Betsch

As it says on the sleeve, file under jazz with poetry. This final burst of live work from the soprano...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2016

Charlie Parker: Intégrale Vol. 10

Every scrap of Parker on disc reaches 3CDs spanning March 1951 to March 1952, with the fabled Woody Herman session...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2016

Viktor Toth Arum Trio: Szemed Kincse/The Present

This Hungarian trio capture an enchanting, dreamlike cool jazz vibe with its homebrew instrumentation of sax (leader Viktor Toth), cimbalom...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2016

William Parker/Raining On The Moon: Great Spirit

Lewis Barnes | Leena Conquest | Rob Brown | William Parker | Eri Yamamoto | Hamid Drake

Regardless of his close association with significant figures in the avant-garde, above all Cecil Taylor and David S. Ware, bassist-...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2016

Oded Tzur: Like a Great River

New York based Tel Aviv saxophonist showcases his fascination in connecting up the worlds of jazz and Indian classical music....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2016

Lou Mecca/Bill De Arango/Chuck Wayne: 3 Swinging Guitar Sessions

The unusual contents are explained away by this being three perfectly pleasant 10-inch LPs compiled together, each featuring a leading...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2016