Sunna Gunnlaugs: Cielito Lindo

Porgrimur Jonsson | Scott McLemore | Sunna Gunnlaugs

If your idea of Icelandic music goes no further than Björk then it's time to think again. The impressive pianist...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Christian Meaas Svendsen with Nakama and Rinzai Zen Center Oslo: New Rituals Nakama

Alongside a booklet eloquently detailing his interactions with Zen Buddhism, Norwegian bassist Svendsen re-contextualises sutra-based chants for choir/acoustic instruments across...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2019

Kjellvander tonbruket: Fossils

Andreas Werliin | Christian Kjellvander | Dan Berglund | Johan Lindström | Martin Hederos

Fossils, the compelling second album from agglomerated unit Kjellvandertonbruket (Swedish singer/songwriter Christian Kjellvander plus the quartet Tonbruket, led by former...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2023

John Stein: No Goodbyes

Cynthia Scott | Ed Lucie | John Stein | Mike Connors

Stein’s earlier releases on this Maryland-based label earned our appreciation for both their musical quality and for the attention paid...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/January/2023/2024

Jo Harrop: The Heart Wants

Andy Davies | Christian McBride | Hannah Vasanth | Jason Rebello | Jo Harrop | Troy Miller

The album cover of The Heart Wants, which features vocalist and songwriter Jo Harrop musing over a lyric sheet, is...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Sunna Gunnlaugs: Distilled

Scott McLemore | Sunna Gunnlaugs | Þorgrímur Jónsson

This is the third album in recent times involving Sunna Gunnlaugs to be reviewed in these pages. She is one...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Will Calhoun: Celebrating Elvin Jones

Antoine Roney | Carlos McKinney | Christian McBride | Doudou N'diaye Rose | Jan Hammer | Keyon Harrold | Will Calhoun

Elvin Jones' high energy, light touch polyrhythmic rumble came to the fore in John Coltrane's classic quartet, and went on...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Sunna Gunnlaugs: Long Pair Bond

Porgrimur Jónsson | Scott McLemore | Sunna Gunnlaugs

This is Sunna Gunnlaugs’ first trio album in 13 years, and here she is accompanied by Porgrimur Jónsson on bass...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2012

Monocled Man: Bernabe Jurado

Chris Montague | Jon Scott | Rory Simmons

Trumpeter, composer and producer Rory Simmons' Monocled Man trio extends the resources of his thoughtfully long-spun, somewhat Kenny Wheeler-like trumpet...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2020

Johannes Berauer: Vienna Chamber Diaries Plus Strings

Bernhard Schimpelsberger | Christian Bakanic | Florian Eggner | Gwilym Simcock | Johannes Dickbauer | Klaus Gesing | Wolfgang Muthspiel | Yuri Goloubev

Austrian composer Johannes Berauer rightly considers himself an ambassador between classical and jazz musicians, between composed and improvised music', and...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2022