Antonio Carlos Jobim: Tide/Stone Flower

Airto Moreira | Antonio Carlos Jobim | Eumir Deodato | Everaldo Ferreira | Harry Lookofsky | Hermeto Pascoal | Hubert Laws | Jerry Dodgion | Joao Palma | Joe Farrell

What more can be said about Rio-born songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim, deemed ‘the greatest composer of the Americas’ by Sinatra,...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: September/2018

Jason Kao Hwang: Human Rites Trio

A firmly established New Yorkbased acoustic avant-improv violin-bass-drums trio conjure up their own unique soundworld that’s a blend of intensely...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2020

Toto Bona Lokua: Bondeko

Gerald Toto | Lokua Kanza | Richard Bona

A sort of African-origin Crosby, Stills and Nash, this power trio burst onto the world jazz scene back in 2004...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2018

Oliver Lake & William Parker: To Roy

Oliver Lake | William Parker

Between them Lake and Parker have played in all manner of configurations over the years, but this horn-bass duo is...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2015

Howard Shore/Ornette Coleman: Naked Lunch

Aziz Bin Salem | Barre Philips | David Hartley | Denardo Coleman | JJ Edwards | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Ornette Coleman

This release coincided with the momentous passing of Ornette Coleman. His hook up with film composer Howard Shore for David...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2015

Simon Nabatov: Readings – Gileya Revisited

Frank Gratkowski | Gerry Hemmingway | Jaap Blonk | Marcus Schmickler | Phil Minton | Simon Nabatov

Pianist Simon Nabatov left his native Russia to pursue a musical education in the west in 1979, when he was...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2019

Billy Steiger: Loud Object

Billy Steiger

Since 2015, London venue Cafe OTO has run an in-house label called Otoroku, reissuing archival nuggets and releasing performances recorded...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2023

Igor Gehenot Trio: Road Story

Igor Gehenot | Sam Gerstmans | Teun Verbruggen

Albums like this don't come around very often. Maybe once every 10 or 15 years. And when they do it...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2013

John Surman/Bergen Big Band: Another Sky

Are Ovesen | Dag Arnesen | Ivar Kolve | Jan Kyre Hystad | John Surman | Martin Winter | Olav Dale | Ole Jakob Hystad | Ole Thomsen | Sindre Dalhaugh

The rarer big bands become, the more excitement they generate. And few know better how to harness all that energy...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2014

Dave Douglas: Dizzy Atmosphere: Dizzy Gillespie at Zero Gravity

Carmen Rothwell | Dave Adewumi | Dave Douglas | Fabian Almazan | Joey Baron | Mathew Stevens

Perhaps it's easier to put aside the Dizzy Gillespie associations.Douglas only addresses a couple of Dizzy tunes, although echoes and...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2020