Dinosaur: Together, As One

Conor Chaplin | Corrie Dick | Elliot Galvin | Laura Jurd

Electric Miles is still terra incognita for some; the point he left jazz, or went somehow mad. Bitches Brew's brooding,...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: September/2016

StepsAhead: Steps Ahead

Eddie Gomez | Eliane Elias | Michael Brecker | Mike Mainieri | Peter Erskine

Steps Ahead was the first US release by the group Steps Ahead – having previously recorded three albums for the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2019

Dira: Something About the Girl

A sometime Incognito vocalist (Bluey produces and writes the material here), this Indonesian-born singer's debut showcases a set of slick...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2010

Rakka Soutu: Lumpeela

This is great fun and played with real commitment; a Finnish sextet with an infectious sound combining such things as...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

Ben Wendel: What We Bring

A founder member of the cult rocking electric groovers Kneebody, the saxophonist Ben Wendel releases his 15th album as leader...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016

Benny Goodman/Rosemary Clooney: Date with the King

Clooney only sings (beautifully) on three tracks, but this sextet session is complemented by the soundtrack recordings for the BG...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2015

Alvaro Domene and Briggan Krauss: Live at the Firehouse Space

The duo of Spanish guitarist-composer Alvaro Domene and experimental saxophonist Briggan Krauss recorded at Brooklyn's Firehouse Space the kind of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2017

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Niedersachsenhalle, Hannover

Dave Brubeck | Eugene Wright | Joe Morello | Paul Desmond

The Dave Brubeck Quartet was nothing if not hardworking. Here they are at the outset of a State Department tour...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2013

Gabriel Ferrandini: Volúpias

Gabriel Ferrandini | Hernâni Faustino | Pedro Sousa

Ferrandini, Faustino and Sousa are all vital players on Lisbon's impressive free-jazz scene, but these cuts see them each temper...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: August/2019

Skadedyr: Kongekrabbe

Adrian Løseth Waade | Anja Lauvdal | Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson | Hans Hulbækmo | Heida Mobeck | Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø | Ida Løvli Hidle | Ina Sagstuen | Joakim Heibø | Lars Ove Fossheim

Here's yet more proof, if it were needed, that Norway's young musicians are doing more than most to carry the...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2014