Trio Manouche: Fall In Love With Swing

Pedro Segundo | Simon Harris | Maurizio Minardi | Fleur Disney | Joe Cang | Kristina O'Connor | Ducato Piotrowski | Giacomo Smith | Nick Pini

The Django Reinhardt legend persists with any number of small combos still seeking to emulate the late maestro and here's...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2015

Hans Mathisen: The Island

The experienced Norwegian guitarist Hans Mathsen is in a jazz family tree that joins Wes with Pat, and his Norwegian...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Léandre/Delbecq/Houle: 14 Rue Paul Fort, Paris

Benoít Delbecq | Joëlle Léandre | Francois Houle

Léandre is an acclaimed double bassist, improviser and composer who played in Pierre Boulez's Ensemble Intercontemporain and for whom John...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: November/2015

Mirabassi Di Modugno Balducci: Amori Sospesi

A lyrical purely acoustic chamber trio, featuring the clarinettist Gabriele Mirabassi, with mostly original music which resonates with the sleepy...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Bill Evans: Complete Live at Ronnie Scott's 1980

Bill Evans | Marc Johnson | Joe LaBarbera

These excerpts from the first and last days of a fortnight at Ronnie's begin just eight weeks before Evans's death,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2015

Charlie Parker: Complete Dial Masters

Danny Barker | Russ Freeman | Miles Davis | Tommy Potter | Nat Jaffe | Max Roach | Red Callender | Barney Kessel | Roy Porter | Erroll Garner

As well as the musicians performing here, the word ‘masters’ indicates deliberate omission of all those alternate takes that fill...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2015

Mette Juul: There is a Song

The Danish singer-songwriter Mette Juul's collaboration with Blue Note trumpet star Ambrose Akinmusire in New York has blossomed well and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Sam Coombes Trio: Pace of Change

Sam Coombes | Yoni Zelnik | Julien Charlet

Sam Coombes' other job is as a French lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, the city in which he currently...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Album Interview: Michael Wollny: Nachtfahrten

Christian Weber | Eric Schaefer | Michael Wollny

With the release of Weltentraum last year it seemed clear that Michael Wollny, voted European Jazz Musician of the Year...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2015

Iréne Schweizer & Han Bennink: Welcome Back

Iréne Schweizer | Han Bennink

Swiss pianist Schweizer and Dutch drummer Bennink were among the first wave of European free-improvisers, both taking part in Manfred...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2015