Bill Evans: Behind The Dikes: The 1969 Netherlands Recordings

Bill Evans | Claus Ogerman | Eddie Gomez | Marty Morell | Metropole Orkest

This, the latest release in a seemingly unstoppable stream of unreleased Evans recordings stems from two European tours, falling chronologically...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2021

Mike Richmond: The Pendulum

On his first cello recording as leader, the veteran Mike Richmond salutes Oscar Pettiford, the doyen of jazz cello, with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2017

Simon Phillips: Protocol II

Andy Timmons | Ernest Tibbs | Simon Phillips | Steve Weingart

‘Drums’ is just inadequate. The French, of course, have a word for what Phillips excels in: batterie. In terms of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2014

Jef Neve: One

Ant Law | Asaf Sirkis | Dionne Bennett | Hossam Ramzy | Jason Rebello | Tim Garland

When Jef Neve burst on the European scene with Nobody is Illegal in 2006, it seemed like a star had...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2016

Enrico Pieranunzi: Common View

Enrico Pieranunzi | Jasper Somsen | Jorge Rossy

The leader or co-leader on countless albums and known for his affiliations with important US soloists like Chet Baker and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2020

Mark de Clive-Lowe: Live At The Blue Whale

Brandon Eugene Owens | Gene Coye | Josh Johnson | Mark de Clive-Lowe

New Zealander de Clive-Lowe is a veteran of London's broken beat scene but now based in LA, where this live...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2017

Oliver Lake Featuring Flux Quartet: Right Up On

Conrad Harris | Flexi Fan | Max Mandel | Oliver Lake | Tom Chiu

Lake has been an intrepid explorer over some five decades, appearing in a vast array of contexts. His orchestral work...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2017

Album Interview: Christian McBride Big Band: Bringin' It

Brandee Younger | Brandon Lee | Carl Marachi | Christian McBride | Dan Pratt | Douglas Purviance | Frank Greene | Freddie Hendrix | James Burton | Joe McDonough

Christian McBride has an ebullient character – it bursts from his double-bass and it expands naturally to his writing and...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: October/2017

Jacob Teichroew Quintet: Tableaux

A quiet debut by a young Brooklyn-based saxophonist who has something of Lee Konitz’s intimate sound and patiently developed phrasing,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2013

Trevor Watts & Stephen Grew: All There Is

Stephen Grew | Trevor Watts

Few more exposing formats exist for free improvisation than the saxophone and piano duo. The stubborn inability of the equal-tempered,...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: August/2017