Tubby Hayes and the Downbeat Big Band: Blues at the Manor 1959-1960

Alan Branscombe | Jeff Clyne | Jimmy Deuchar | Johnny Scott | Keith Christie | Phil Seaman | Ronnie Scott | Terry Shannon | Tubby Hayes | Victor Feldman

The big band represents a continuing theme in Tubby Hayes discography. At the age of 20 he was recording as...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2015

Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo: Peace

Described as ‘the Ellington of free jazz’, the pianist-composer Fujii delivers an intense and diverse series of pieces that features...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Dans Les Arbres: Phosphorescence

Made up of three Norwegians (including pianist Christian Wallumrød) and a Frenchman, Dans Les Arbres prove there's life after ECM...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017

Mosaic: Subterranea

Cecilia Bignall | James Copus | Misha Mullov-Abbado | Ralph Wyld | Sam Rapley | Scott Chapman

This is a highly accomplished band-leading debut by Kenny Wheeler Prize-winner Ralph Wyld, strong in writing, textural detail and spiritual...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: February/2017

Charnett Moffett: Bright New Day

Brian Jackson | Charnett Mofett | Jana Herzen | Mark Whitfeld Jnr | Scott Tixier

Bassist-bandleader-composer Moffett has been pleasingly eclectic throughout an eventful career. Brilliant work with the likes of Ornette Coleman dovetailed with...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2019

Fabienne Ambuehl: Thrive

Ant Law | Fabienne Ambhuel | Jon Scott | Matt Ridley | Tom Ollendorff

On her latest eight-track album, London-based Swiss pianist and composer Fabienne Ambuehl crafts a mesmerising soundscape that seamlessly blends songs...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2025

Monocled Man: Ex-Voto

Chris Montague | Jon Scott | Rory Simmons

The trumpeter-composer-programmer Rory Simmons is an original member of North London’s underground LOOP Collective, an organization that became very fertile...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: December/January/2021/2022

DoomCannon: Renaissance

Daniel Rogerson | DoomCannon | Jordan Mackampa | Kaidi Akinnibi | Lex Amor | Marsha Skinns | Natalia Senior Brown | Oscar Ogden | Saskia Horton | Sienna Hamilton

Dominic Canning, otherwise known as DoomCannon, is a man of many parts, all of which interlock convincingly on this sophomore...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: September/2022

Bill Evans: Peace Pieces

Bill Evans | Cannonball Adderley | Chuck Israels | Connie Kay | Freddie Hubbard | Jim Hall | Paul Motian | Percy Heath | Philly Joe Jones | Scott Lafaro

An interesting choice, since this wasn't an original album as such. Compiled by the new owners of Riverside after the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2015

Jonathan Butler: Grace and Mercy

The South African singer-songwriter/guitarist applies his Christian lyrics to what is now considered the more poppy mainstream end of soul...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2012