Dennis Angel: On Track

Flugelhorn player Dennis Angel has Jason Miles, the 1980s keyboardist to Miles and the stars, as sideman and producer, but...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2015

Drifter: Flow

This is a very together CD. There is an ease and confidence of conception, which lifts this album out of...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2017

Jeff Herr Corporation: Layer Cake

Maxime Bender | Laurent Payfert | Jeff Herr

The 30-something Luxembourgish drummer Jeff Herr has studied in-depth everything from classical and latin percussion to fusion jazz drumming. On...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2015

Jamison Ross: Jamison

Alphonso Horne III | Chris Pattishall | Rick Lollar | Dayve Stewart | Jamison Ross | Corcoran Holt | Cory Irvin

Anyone who had the pleasure of hearing the captivating set by the great Carmen Lundy at last year's ReVoice! Festival...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2015

Tom Hewson Trio: Treehouse

Lewis Wright | Tom Hewson | Calum Gourlay

Treehouse by the ex-Trinity Laban, E17 Jazz Collective pianist Tom Hewson is part of a new series by the long-established...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2015

Nils Økland Ensemble: Kjølvatn

Håkon Mørch Stene | Sigbjørn Apeland | Nils Økland | Mats Eilertsen | Rolf-Erik Nylstr m

Nils Økland has been hailed as Norway's hardinger fiddle master. His skills are obviously in demand across a varied musical...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2015

Eyes of a Blue Dog: Hamartia

Fyfe Dangerfi eld | Rory Simmons | Terje Evensen | Elisabeth Nygaard

The Anglo-Norwegian trio Eyes of a Blue Dog returns with a new recording following their superb debut release Rise in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2015

Albert Heath: Kwanza (The First)

Ted Dunbar | Jimmy Heath | Percy Heath | Albert Heath | Curtis Fuller | Kenny Barron

Although something of a divide opened up between fusion and bebop in the early 1970s, they were never mutually exclusive,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2015

Mike Osborne: Dawn

Alan Jackson | Mike Osborne | Louis Moholo-Moholo | Harry Miller | John Surman

All credit to Cunieform, the jazz Time Team, for excavating these three sessions, featuring Osborne in a quartet with John...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2015

Henry Threadgill Zooid: In For A Penny In For A Pound

Liberty Ellman | Eliot Humberto Kavee | Christopher Hoffman | Jose Davila | Henry Threadgill

After a series of albums where concision was largely the order of the day, Threadgill elaborates on a 2CD set...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2015