Håkon Kornstad: Tenor Battle

Per Zanussi | Sigbjørn Apeland | Lars Henrik Johansen | Håkon Kornstad

There’s a sense of irony about the title to the new CD by Håkon Kornstad, the Norwegian saxophonist formerly of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2016

Bill Stewart: Space Squid

Bill Carrothers | Bill Stewart | Ben Street | Seamus Blake

Bill Stewart’s classy mix of supple brushwork, strong pulse and polyrhythmic rumble has made him drummer of choice for the...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2016

Mingus Dynasty/Big Band: The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note

Andrew Hill | Rufus Reid | Alan Silva | Clifford Jordan | Freddie Waits | Ben Riley

Mingus repertory bands are now such a perennial feature, it takes a moment to refocus on their early days. The...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2016

Frank Carlberg: Word Circus

Performing music to settings by the leftfield pianist Frank Carlberg of poems of contemporary American writers such as Ron Padgett...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2016

Ulrich Gumpert Quartett: A New One

A Berlin-based band led by saxophonist Ulrich Gumpert reveals its influences in its compositions that range from Mingus and Monk...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2016

The Derek Nash Acoustic Quartet: You’ve Got to Dig it to Dig It, You Dig?

Derek Nash | Martin Shaw | David Newton | Geoff Gascoyne | De Krom

Nash is a live-wire musician, game to play in a variety of ways and in a multiplicity of situations. He...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2016

NYSQ: POWER of 10

David Berkman | Michael Janisch | Gene Jackson | Tim Armacost

NYSQ – that’s the New York Standards Quartet to you and me – scored a hit with their initial Whirlwind...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2016

Carmen McRae: Book of Ballads

The orchestral setting never suited McRae as well as a trio or quartet, but this and the sequel included here,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Al Cohn and Jimmy Rowles: Heavy Love

When Elemental announced their series of Xanadu reissues, I eagerly awaited this stellar duo set, and now it's here in...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Georgia Mancio: Live at ReVoice!

Liane Carroll | Michael Janisch | Nikki Iles | Laurence Cottle | Jason Rebello | Georgia Mancio | Ian Shaw

This consummate, many-angled exploration of song brings together 12 fascinating duo performances with some of the finest players on the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016