Joachim Kühn: Dynamics/I'm Not Dreaming

Ottomar Borwitzky | George Lewis | Herbert Försch | Mark Nauseef | Joachim Kühn

Dynamics and I'm Not Dreaming were originally released on the CMP label in 1983 and 1990 respectively, and form part...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2015

Bill Laurance: Swift

Henry Flory | Maria Jeffers | Kallie Ciechomski | Michael League | Maria Im | Bill Laurance | Robert ‘Sput’ Searight | Christiana Liberis | Irena Momchilova | Curtis Stewart

Keyboardist and composer Bill Laurance, an integral founding and current member of Snarky Puppy yet increasingly stepping out as a...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: June/2015

Slagr: Short Stories

Buster Birch | Deirdre Cartwright | Diane McLoughlin | Alison Rayner | Steve Lodder

This Norwegian trio creates an inventively atmospheric folk soundscape on a recording combining Anne Hytta's Hardanger fiddle, Sigrun Eng's cello...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Leszek Mozdzer & Friends: Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic III

Zohar Fresco | the Atom String Quartet | Leszek Mozdzer | Lars Danielsson

The recordings under the Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic imprimatur represent highlights from the annual season of concerts held at the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2015

Mark Wingfield: Proof Of Light

Asaf Sirkis | Yaron Stavi | Mark Wingfield

Wingfield has an epic vision, mixing synths, yawing changes of pitch and a muscular feel to create aural stories (tunes...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2015

Kari Ikonen Trio: Beauteous Tales and Offbeat Stories

Kari Ikonen | Ara Yaralyan | Markku Ounaskari

From the opening pentatonic theme of ‘L'avant-midi dune elfe’ through to ‘The 4th Part of the Harbour Trilogy’, Kari Ikonen...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2015

Mike Collins: And Suddenly Evening

A Bath-based pianist-composer leads a quartet, with latin and contemporary cool euro jazz influences, interpreting a broad selection of tunes...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2015

Beats & Pieces Big Band: All In

Sam Healey | Nick Walters | Finlay Panter | Graham South | Ben Cottrell

Since their highly acclaimed 2011 debut Big Ideas, Ben Cottrell's Mancunian big band, Beats & Pieces, have been breaking down...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2015

Big Screen: Take One

Dave Newton | Tom Farmer | Matt Skelton

It's funny how an unapologetically glossy traditional piano trio take on popular TV and film themes can start to sound...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2015

Sensaround: Isotropes

Raymond McDonald | Shoeb Ahmad | Alister Spence

This is the third collaboration on record between the Australian pianist Alister Spence and Raymond McDonald, the Scots improviser and...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2015