Møster: When You Cut Into The Present

Hans Magnus Ryan | Kenneth Kapstad | Kjetil Møster | Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen

Saxophonist Kjetil Møster's third outing as leader of his eponymous quartet explores ground opened up on last year's Inner Earth...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Malija: Album Interview: The Day I Had Everything

Jasper Høiby | Liam Noble | Mark Lockheart | Mandhira de Saram | Mandhira De Saram | Patrick Dawkins | Richard Jones | Vai Welbanks

On his most recent albums as a bandleader, Polar Bear/Loose Tubes saxophonist Mark Lockheart has generally taken to writing with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Lakatos/Hurst/Ries/Royston: Climate Change

The veteran Monk-inspired Hungarian pianist-composer is partnered by a few top notch Americans including bassist Robert Hurst and drummer Rudy...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Beatific: Intrigue

Roger Odell used to be leader of 1980s jazz funksters Shakatak, but don't hold that against him. His new band...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Food: This is Not a Miracle

Thomas Strøenen | Christian Fennesz | Iain Ballamy

Formed in 1998, the Anglo-Norwegian jazz electronica ensemble Food are one of the leading European exponents of post-clubland, experimental jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Jean-Luc Ponty: Sunday Walk

Daniel Humair | Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | Wolfgang Dauner | Jean-Luc Ponty

A truly pan-European jazz summit, featuring a Danish bassist, Swiss drummer, German pianist and French violinist, Sunday Walk was Ponty's...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Les Baxter: African Jazz Plus Jungle Jazz

Baxter's all-star band does jungle and latin material with minimal compositional content, mainly designed to present ‘thrilling adventures in stereo’,...

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

Lionel Loueke: Gaia

Massimo Biolcati | Ferenc Nemeth | Lionel Loueke

Since bursting onto the jazz scene in the noughties, the Beninois guitar prodigy has carved a niche as much as...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Initiative H: Dark Wave

Founded in 2012 by David Haudrechy, this genre-bending orchestra (featuring guest saxophonist Emile Parisien) combines epic rock riffs, garlic gangster...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Vjc Juris: Blue

Audun Kleive | Bjorn Kjellemyr | Terje Rypdal

The Brooklyn-born veteran guitarist Juris has sideman experience at a high level and his trio (with Jay Anderson and Adam...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2019