Malia: The Garden of Eve

This blues-orientated, Hamburg-based Malawi-English singer-songwriter borrows from country, rock-pop and jazz for her nostalgic originals, but unfortunately there's no je...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2020

Josephine Davies’ Satori: How Can We Wake?

Josephine Davies

How Can we Wake? is saxophonist-composer Josephine Davies's trio Satori's third – and second ‘live’ – album since forming in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2020

Anthony Braxton & Derek Bailey: First Duo Concert (London 1974)

Anthony Braxton | Derek Bailey

In his book, Beyond Jazz, Trevor Barre points to this 1974 summit at London’s Wigmore Hall as being the decisive...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: March/2016

Spanish Harlem Orchestra: Anniversary

Carlos Castante | Doug Beavers | George Delgado | George Gonzalez | Gerardo Jerry Madera | Hector Colon | Jeremy Bosch | Luisito Quintero | Manuel Maneco Ruiz | Marcos Bermudez

It's saying something about the state of the recording industry that the salsa juggernaut that is Spanish Harlem Orchestra, that...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: September/2018

Misha Tsiganov: Playing With The Wind

Alex Sipiagin | Dan Weiss | Matt Brewer | Misha Tsiganov | Seamus Blake

Russian pianist Tsiganov, now resident in New York, must arguably be one of the most brilliant musicians on the planet....

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2019

Ibrahim Maalouf: Wind

Clarence Penn | Frank Woeste | Ibrahim Maalouf | Larry Grenadier | Mark Turner

After the 2007-11 trilogy of Diasporas, Diachronism and Diagnostic, in which electronics and state of the art production featured prominently,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2013

Roz Harding/Mike Outram/Jim Bashford: Supermood

Besides his prolific chronicling of the international avant-garde, Leo label head Leo Feigin occasionally develops more traditional-rooted young jazz acts...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018

Charlie Parker: Complete Dial Masters

Arnold Fishkin | Arv Garrison | Barney Kessel | Bill DeArango | Bob Kesterson | Buck Clayton | Charlie Parker | Curly Russell | Danny Barker | Dexter Gordon

As well as the musicians performing here, the word ‘masters’ indicates deliberate omission of all those alternate takes that fill...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2015

Jo Harrop: The Heart Wants

Andy Davies | Christian McBride | Hannah Vasanth | Jason Rebello | Jo Harrop | Troy Miller

The album cover of The Heart Wants, which features vocalist and songwriter Jo Harrop musing over a lyric sheet, is...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Espen Eriksen Trio: What Took You So Long

Andreas Bye | Espen Eriksen | Lars Tormod Jenset

As usual for a Rune Grammofon release, the artwork for What Took You So Long exudes quality; likewise, there's no...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: July/2012