Blue Touch Paper: Drawing Breath

Edward Maclean | Mark Lockheart | Benny Greb | Stephan Maass | Chris Montague | Colin Towns

If you thought this band’s debut, Stand Well Back, bursted with energy, then prepare for even more pyrotechnics from Towns’...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2013

Ken Peplowski: Maybe September

Ted Rosenthal | Ken Peplowski | Martin Wind | Matt Wilson

Peplowski has found a distinctive way to play on both his instruments. His clarinet, extensively featured on this scintillating new...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2013

Laurent Courthaliac Trio: Pannonica

Lisa Hofmaninger | Primus Sitter | Alois Ebert | Florian Sighartner | Lorenz Raab | Philipp Nykrin | Judith Schwarz | Gina Schwarz

Even the contribution of Ron Carter as sideman doesn’t save this French pianist-composer’s bebop-centred tribute CD to the Jazz Baroness...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2020

Albert Ayler: Live On The Riviera

Allen Blairman | Steve Tintweiss | Albert Ayler | Mary Maria

This is a remastered reissue of a recording of Albert Ayler’s first date at the Maeght Foundation, France (released to...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: October/2013

Kazumi Watanabe: Tricoroll

This prolific Tokyo-based guitarist made his mark in the jazz-rock era but still catches the essence of the style with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013

Ahmad Jamal: Saturday Morning: La Buissonne Studio Sessions

Manolo Badrena | Ahmad Jamal | Reginald Veal | Herlin Riley

What a fuss everyone made over the cusp-septuagenarians The Rolling Stones playing Glastonbury in the summer! Seventy is nothing in...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2013

Norman Watt-Roy: Faith & Grace

Dylan Howe | Sarah Gillespie | Gilad Atzmon | Asaf Sirkis | Chazet Jankel et al | Owen McIntyre | Norman Watt-Roy | Enzo Zirilli | Frank Harrison | Mickey Gallagher

Kicking off with a suitably greasy ‘Billericay Dickie’, Faith & Grace is a trawl through Watt-Roy’s favourite influences; indeed a...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2013

YolanDa Brown: April Showers May Flowers

A CD/DVD live set recorded at Under The Bridge, the new ‘special one’ of UK smooth jazz attempts to spice...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013

Ethan Iverson/Lee Konitz/Larry Grenadier/Jorge Rossy: Costumes are Mandatory

Ethan Iverson | Lee Konitz | Jorge Rossy | Larry Grenadier

Ethan Iverson set up this session to explore the legacy and influence of pianist/composer/iconoclast Lennie Tristano with the hands-on assistance...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2013

Tommy Flanagan: Four Classic Albums

Sadly underrated during his lifetime but not by musicians, Tommy Flanagan was a Detroit pianist who combined slick technique with...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: February/2020