Helen Anahita Wilson: Bhooma

Helen Anahita Wilson

Pianist Wilson’s adopted moniker Anahita is the name of a Persian water goddess, associated with flowing creativity. On the strength...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2019

Stickmen ft Gary Husband: Owari

Gary Husband | Markus Reuter | Pat Mastelotto | Tony Levin

Tony Levin and Pat Mastellotto's deep understanding of each other over the decades with King Crimson and their own projects...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2021

Archie Shepp & Mal Waldron: Left Alone

Archie Shepp | Mal Waldron

Almost two decades have elapsed since the release of this gorgeous album, an object lesson in the art of the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Joe Chambers: Dance Kobina

Andrés Vial | Caoilainn Power | Elli Miller Maboungou | Emilios Valdes Cortes | Ira Coleman | Joe Chambers | Mark Lewandowski | Marvin Carter | Michael Davison | Richard Germanson

American drummer/composer Joe Chambers’ third Blue Note set investigates the connections between the music of West Africa and that of...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: March/2023

Dominic Miller: 5th House

Cuong Vu | Dominic Miller | Jimmy Johnson | Nicolas Fiszman | Pino Palladino | Rhani Krija | Vinnie Colaiuta | Yaron Herman

Miller's best and rightly known for his contribution to Sting's band. His nylon string style is immediately identifiable, and has...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2012

Zaid Rahbani: Bennesbeh Labokra… Chou?

Ziad Rahbani

A crate-digger's delight, a rare gem re-polished, a tomorrow from yesterday: the re-issue of the superb Bennesbeh Labokra… Chou? (‘What...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2021

Simon Nabatov String Trio: Situations

The strikingly virtuosic Russian pianist Nabatov partners the viola player Gareth Lubbe and ex-FIRE Collective cellist Ben Davis in a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2018

Alison Balsom/Balsom Ensemble: Royal Fireworks

When the highlights of Alison Balsom’s last album, Jubilo, were its handful of works recorded not on a modern instrument...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: February/2020

Colin Steele Quartet: Diving For Pearls – Jazz Interpretations Of The Pearlfishers Songbook

Alyn Cosker | Calum Gourlay | Colin Steele | Dave Milligan

You wait years for one Colin Steele record and then two come along at the same time. With his second...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017

Irene Kepl & Mark Holub: Taschendrache

Irene Kepl | Mark Holub

Since Mark Holub relocated to Vienna in 2012, he's been able to put some distance between himself and the peppy...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2015