Hanuman: Soundhousing

A contemporary-sounding group from Italy performs an interesting kind of avant chamber jazz but with Mediterranean and other folk-y lyricisms....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014

Julian Argüelles: Circularity

Dave Holland | John Taylor | Julian Argüelles | Martin France

Circularity, the title of Julian Argüelles' debut album for the major Italian label Cam Jazz, perhaps refers to the point...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014

Sunn O))) & Ulver: Terrestrials

Ole-Henrik Moe | Tore Ylwizaker | Stig Espen Hundsnes | Kari Rønnekleiv | Daniel O'Sullivan | Greg Anderson | Kristoffer Rygg | Tomas Pettersen | Jørn H Sværen | Stephen O'Malley

It would seem Cthulhu now dreams in fusion. Evolved from grim origins, recent albums by these ghoulish envoys have channelled...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: May/2014

Kris Bowers: Heroes + Misfits

Chris Turner | Casey Benjamin | José James | Adam Agati | Burniss Earl Travis II | Julia Easterlin | Kenneth Whalum III | Jamire Williams | Kris Bowers

Twenty-four-year-old US pianist Kris Bowers has serious improv chops – no wonder he won the prestigious Tholonious Monk International Jazz...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2014

Christian Vuust: Urban Hymn

Christian Vuust | Aaron Parks | Jeff Ballard | Ben Street

This is a very classy tribute album – not, as former indie-kid readers may hazard a guess, to The Verve's...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2014

Digby Fairweather: Digby Fairweather Archives: Chris Ellis

Tony Allen | Bobby Worth | Chris Ellis | Collin Bates | John Barnes | Pete Strange | Harvey Weston | Fairweather | Ellis | Martin Litton

A multiplicity of tracks and sessions issued anew on Fairweather's own label. As befits the instigator of the National Jazz...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2014

Kavorka: Culture Shock

Run by a Slovakian saxophonistcomposer Peter Dobai, this young multinational Dublin-based quartet has the contemporary New York post-bop scene as...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014

Betty Carter: Round Midnight/Out There

These albums that follow her early collaborations with Ray Bryant, are essential Carter as her eccentric individuality emerges in settings...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2014

Sonny Stitt & Brother Jack McDuff: ‘Nuther Futher/Soul Shack

Eddie Diehl | Leonard Gaskin | Herbie Lovelle | Ray Barretto | Sonny Stitt | Art Taylor | Brother Jack McDuff

I once daydreamed of opening a proper jazz café, a cosy late-night joint with no booze but plenty of freshly...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: May/2014

Steve Cardenas: Melody in a Dream

Cardenas – a regular sideman for the likes of Paul Motian, Steve Swallow and Joey Baron – takes the wheel...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014