Christoph Irniger Trio: Gowanus Canal

This Swiss saxophonist leads a trio with LA-based bassist Raffaele Bossard and drummer Ziv Ravitz, their sparsely intimate sketches drawing...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Matt Ridley Trio: Thymos

Matt Ridley | John Turville | Attab Haddad | Jason Yarde | George Hart | Vasilis Sirkis

As you would expect from a bass-lead project, this CD is full of strong riffs, sturdy structures and a tight-knit...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Chris Morrissey: North Hero

Mike Lewis | Aaron Parks | Mark Guiliana | Chris Morrissey

Chris Morrissey is a young New York-based bassist originally from the Minnesota area with a circle of collaborators that that...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Enrico Granafei: Alone (and) Together

This Italian, New York resident is inspired by the great Toots Thielemans and plays a sweet-sounding handsfree chromatic harmonica and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Tony Bevan and Matthew Bourne: At Leeds College of Music May 2010

Tony Bevan | Matthew Bourne

It's safe to say that Tony Bevan is one of the world's leading practitioners of the much underused bass saxophone....

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Dig a Little Deeper: Songs from the Small Hours

The guitarist-songwriter Mick Stuart is the leader of this down-to-earth poplite swing vocals group fronted by the Irish singer Riona...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Fats Waller: Complete Victor Piano Solos

Originally collected by RCA as Turn on the Heat the main 40 tracks here are identical to that (and equally...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Gado Quartet with Dave Liebman: Umgrund BMC

Live in Budapest, the Hungarian guitarist Gado mixes up maverick bop, jazz rock and free collective interaction while guest Dave...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

The Pedrito Martinez Group

Matt Dillon | John Scofield | Wynton Marsalis | Marc Quiñones | Ariacne Trujillo | Steve Gadd | Alvaro Benavides | Pedrito Martinez | Gary Schreiner | Jhair Sala

There's quite a buzz around Pedrito Martinez's quartet, who have been providing the entertainment at Guantanamera, a Cuban restaurant in...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Geir Lysne: New Circle

Eckhard Baur | Olav Torget | Reidar Skår | Geir Lysne | Helge Sunde | Nguyên Lê | Knut Aalefjaer | Gjermund Silset

Lysne has shown himself to be an impressive orchestral conceptualist with a series of big band recordings for ACT that...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014