Johannes Enders: Mellowtonin

The bustling, rich-toned contemporary hard bop German saxophonist's quartet features the great Billy Hart....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Michael Schiefel: Platypus Trio

This German vocalist combines experimental scat and choirboy singing in an unusual sounding trio with cellist Jorg Brinkmann and Hungarian...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Jacques Loussier: Play Bach Vol. 1, 2 and 3

To celebrate his 80th birthday, Loussier's first three trio albums with Michelot and Garros make a welcome return (though no...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Sammy Figueroa & Glaucia Nasser: Talisman

A fine balance between vocalist Glaucia Nasser's Brazilian vocals and Sammy Figueroa's latin percussion is achieved on a set of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Møster!: Inner Earth

Hans Magnus ‘Snah’ Ryan | Kenneth Kapstad | Kjetil Møster | Nikolai Eilertsen

On this follow up to Møster!'s 2013 debut album, Edvard Lygre Møster, keyboardist Ståle Storløkken's Ra-ish synths and distorted Fender...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Chet Baker: Sextet and Quartet

From 1959, this finds Chet in Italy blowing with a local band, but they give him plenty of space for...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Nguyên Lê with Michael Gibbs and NDR Bigband: Celebrating The Dark Side Of The Moon

Jörg Achim Keller | Youn Sun Nah | Jürgen Attig | Nguyên Lê | Vladyslav Sendecki | Gary Husband

Sam Yahel, of Josh Redman's Elastic band, had a good instrumental crack at Dark Side, and now Nguyên Lê sets...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

James Farm: City Folk

Joshua Redman | Aaron Parks | Matt Penman | Eric Harland

Formed originally out of the SFJAZZ Collective following a performance at the Montreal Jazz Festival, James Farm boasts a pedigree...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Cyrus Chestnut: Midnight Melodies

Cyrus Chestnut | Curtis Lundy | Victor Lewis

The ever-expanding Smoke Jazz Club series, all recorded live on the club's Broadway premises, provides a valuable window on the...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Geoff Eales: Invocation

Geoff Eales

There's nowhere to hide when you go it alone as a musician. But Geoff Eales has nothing to fear from...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015