Lotte Anker: What River Is This

Chris Cutler | Jesper Engelund | Anna Klett | Garth Knox | Phil Minton | Ikue Mori | Fred Frith | Lotte Anker

Danish saxophonist, Lotte Anker, has assembled an international all-star cast of top-flight improvisers and contemporary classical performers to help realise...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2015

Gong: I See You

Now 75 years old, Australian über-hippie Daevid Allen continues to find fertile ground with a newer line up of his...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2015

Joe Turner: Two Classic Albums Plus

The original 1956 Boss of the Blues album, with a complete set of alternates, plus the mid-1940s work of Turner...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2015

Espen Berg: Acres of Blue

Another product of Norway's renowned Trondheim School, Espen Berg who has worked with Marius Neset among others plays solo piano...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2015

Till Brönner: The Movie Album

The suave trumpet superstar plays slushy jazz interpretations of cinema classics with guests including Gregory Porter. ‘Cinema Paradiso’ and ‘Forbidden...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2015

Wayne Krantz: Good Piranha Bad Piranha

Nate Wood | Wayne Krantz | Tim Lefebvre | Tim LeFebvre | Keith Carlock

Same songs done twice, with different trios. Well, kind of: the annoyingly talented Wood swaps drums for bass in the...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2015

Abdullah Ibrahim: The Song Is My Story

Abdullah Ibrahim

Recorded and filmed last summer, at the home of Fazioli pianos in northern Italy, this is a tantalising rather than...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2015

The Whammies: Play The Music Of Steve Lacy Vol. 3 Live

Jeb Bishop | Han Bennink | Jason Roebke | Jorrit Dijkstra | Mary Oliver | Pandelis Karayorgis

It's a high point in any live recording featuring Han Bennink when the drummer starts to let out a whoop...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2015

Laurie Jacobs Quartet: Midnight Voyage

Oli Hayhurst | Laurie Jacobs | John Turville | Vincent Rusquet

Saxophonist Laurie Jacobs has made a tidy contribution to British jazz life, not least by establishing Peterborough Jazz Club in...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2015

Shades Of Joy

Jackie King | Edward Adams | Millie Foster | Martin Fierro | José Rodriguez | Lee Charlton | Jymm Young

Saxophonist Martin Fierro first came through in the mid-1960s as a member of Texan garage-psych outfit Sir Douglas Quintet but...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2015