The Bad Plus and Joshua Redman: The Bad Plus Joshua Redman

Ethan Iverson | Dave King | Joshua Redman | Reid Anderson

If we were to look at the career trajectories of both Redman and Bad Plus, we would see in the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2015

David Lyttle: Faces

Homecut | Natalie Oliveri | Michael Buckley | Meilana Gillard | David Lyttle | Rhea Lyttle | Kevin Duffy | Jan Lyttle | Jean Toussaint | Anne Lyttle

David Lyttle began his career as a child performer with the Lyttle Family. Now (just) in his 30s, he has...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2015

Juliet Kelly: Spellbound Stories

Oli Hayhurst | Juliet Kelly | Eddie Hick | Nick Ramm

Whether it's the dramatic percussion flourishes of the folk-like album opener ‘One More Dance’ or the shifting time feels and...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2015

Various: Magic Moments 7 Sounds of Surprise

A diverse sample of recent releases from the other Munich jazz label including Manu Katche, Michael Wollny/Marius Neset and Nguyên...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2015

JD Allen: Graffiti

Rudy Royston | JD Allen | Gregg August

JD's first this year. After a couple of dates adding a piano, he's back to his basic bass and drums...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2015

Emanative: The Light Years Of The Darkness

Tom Page | Ben Hadwen | Marco Piccioni | Gemma Williams | Yussef Dayes | Collocutor | Nick Haward | Monique Ngozi Nri | Kenneth Nash | Liz Elensky

This sumptuous double LP is the first release in support of The Steve Reid Foundation, a charity (named after the...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2015

Alexander Hawkins Trio

Alexander Hawkins | Neil Charles | Tom Skinner

Being self-taught, Alexander Hawkins might have found himself out on a limb in a young jazz scene where having a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2015

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: At The Free Trade Hall 1961

Wayne Shorter | Lee Morgan | Jymie Merritt | Bobby Timmons | Art Blakey

Another dip into the now legendary cache of unreleased tapes recorded by the Free Trade Hall's in-house sound engineers. Truly...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2015

David Torn: Only Sky

David Torn

If you want to know what David Torn, a film composer and guitarist who has worked with David Bowie, Ryuichi...

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

Karl Seglem & Christoph Stiefel: Waves

The Norwegian saxophonist Seglem and Swiss pianist Stiefel, an isorhythm specialist, join up folk roots to contemporary music sensibilities, and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2015