Sean Foran: Frame of Reference

Sean Foran | Ben Davis | Stuart McCallum | Julian Argüelles | Joost Hendrickx

Sean Foran is the award-winning pianist-composer behind Trichotomy, a contemporary Brisbane-based piano trio that has released three acclaimed albums in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2015

Uli Beckerhoff: Heroes

This veteran German trumpeter demonstrates his resourcefulness and depth of tone in a quartet CD dedicated to the heroes of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2015

Atomic: Lucidity

Håvard Wiik | Hans Hulboekmo | Magnus Broo | Fredrik Ljungkvist | Ingebrigt Håker Flaten

Active since the turn of the millennium, Atomic are a Norwegian quintet with an aesthetic that draws as much on...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2015

Ntjam Rosie: The One

Ntjam Rosie | Eric Vloeimans | Lamin Kuyateh | Alexander Van Popta | Jorn Ten Hoopen | Tuur Moens | Udo Demandt | Ronald Snijders | Bas Kloosterman | Pink Oculus

Having garnered a solid fan base in the past five years by way of two excellent releases, Elle and At...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2015

Aaron Diehl: Space Time Continuum

The 29-year-old pianist is accompanist/director for Cécile McLorin Salvant and this is classily mainstream yet still fresh and contemporary sounding,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2015

Zeitgeist

Alan Hacker | Chris Pyne | Mary Thomas | Francis Christou | Derek Watkins | Tony Coe | Norma Winstone | Bill Geldard | Paul Smythe | Martin Drover

The piano trio's infinite varieties take another small twist with this Leeds group's debut. While Manchester's GoGo Penguin lead the...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2016

Alice in Grooveland: Skyline

This is a London-based, funky groove-jazz quartet formed in 2014 by the pianist Andrew Myers, showcasing a short set of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2015

Gene Ammons & Brother Jack McDuff: Complete Recordings

Grant Green | Horace Parlan | Stanley Turrentine | Paul Chambers | George Tucker | Art Taylor | Al Harewood | Tommy Flanagan

Along with close harmony doo-wop groups, the ubiquitous organ/sax combo was very much a US phenomenon and only gained traction...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2018

Calum Gourlay: Live At The Ridgeway

Calum Gourlay

Master musicians such as Dave Holland, William Parker and Henry Grimes have proved the acoustic bass can have a mesmerising,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2015

Perko & Rantala: It Takes Two to Tango

The renowned Finnish jazz pianist Iiro Rantala and saxophonist Juka Pero focus on the tango in their interpretations of a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2015