Girls In Airports: Fables

Lars Greve | Mads Forsby | Martin Stender | Mathias Holm | Victor Dybbroe

Ambitious touring has given this Danish band fans from China to Brazil. The mix of anthemic melodies and surging riffs,...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: October/2015

Houston Person & Ron Carter: Remember Love

Houston Person | Ron Carter

Person (born 1934) is arguably the last of the big-toned, soulful tenor-men, a stylist who still holds the likes of...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2018

De Beren Gieren: Less is Endless

Fulco Ottervanger | Lieven Van Pée | Simon Segers

There was a justifiable buzz on the live European circuit (remember that?) about the young Belgian-based cosmic piano trio De...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2021

BEATrio

Antonio Sanchez | Béla Fleck | Edmar Castañeda

This is the first album featuring the trio (named from their combined initials) which must be banjo virtuoso Fleck’s most...

Reviewed by Victoria Kingham in issue: June/2025

Freddie Gavita: Transient

Calum Gourlay | Freddie Gavita | James Maddren | Tom Cawley

Freddie Gavita is a trumpeter/flugelhornist who's been turning heads as a member of Ronnie Scott's quintet and orchestra as well...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017

Greg Diamond: Avenida Graham

Greg Diamond | Henry Cole | Mauricio Herrera | Mike Eckroth | Peter Slavov | Seamus Blake | Stacy Dillard

Graham Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, has the secondary name Avenue Of Puerto Rico, so living there was just right...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: April/2017

Sara Caswell: The Way to You

Chris Dingman | Ike Sturm | Jared Schonig | Jesse Lewis | Sara Caswell

You really want to love this album: Caswell has a voluptuous tone, especially in the lower registers or playing the...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2023

John Ghost: Airships Are Organisms

Elias Devoldere | Jo De Geest | Karel Cuelenaere | Lieven Van Pée | Rob Banken | Wim Segers

Belgian group John Ghost, led by the Ghent-based guitarist and composer Jo De Geest, return with this cryptically-titled release, which...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: October/2019

Ernie Watts Quartet: Oasis

Ernie Watts is a rare example of a busy session musician who learnt how to fit in without crushing the...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2020

Derrick Gardner & The Big Dig! Band: Still I Rise

Andrew Littleford | Anthony Bryson | Bijon Watson | Bill Green | Curtis Nowosad | Curtis Taylor | Derrick Gardner | Greg Gatien | Jeff Johnson | Joel Green

The brothers Gardner first came to notice with the Count Basie Orchestra in Frank Foster's time; these days trombonist Vincent...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2020