Hakan Basar: Maiden Voyage
Bernardo Guerra | Hakan Basar | Michelangelo Scandroglio
The 21-year old Istanbul-born pianist Basar is regarded as a rising talent. Here he takes pieces by musicians who have...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2025
Aki Takase Japanic: Thema Prima
Aki Takase | Dag Magnus Narvesen | Daniel Erdmann | DJ Illvibe | Johannes Fink
A long-time Berlin resident, the pianist-composer Aki Takase went into a Budapest recording studio with new band Japanic for her...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2019
Adam Palma: Meets Chopin
By the age of 39, Frédéric Chopin was dead, but he left behind a remarkable legacy of compositions for solo...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2020
Rick Simpson: Everything All Of The Time: Kid A Revisited
Dave Whitford | James Allsop | Rick Simpson | Tori Freestone | Will Glaser
On Everything All Of The Time: Kid A Revisited, London-based pianist Rick Simpson (a member of bassist Michael Janisch's band...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: November/2020
Tied & Tickled Trio feat Billy Hart: La Place Demon
Billy Hart | Markus Archer | Micha Acher
By no means as well known as they should be, Tied & Tickled Trio has a proven skill in combining...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2012
Nikki Yeoh: Solo Gemini
Circumstances knocked Yeoh off-course in 2004, when her son's difficult birth and its aftermath interrupted a diverse and prolific career....
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2016
Christian Muthspiel’s Yodel Group: Huljo
Get that image of a traditional lederhosen-clad Alpine country dweller with a mountain scene stretched out behind him out of...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012
Renato D'Aiello: Satori, The Angel
Berklee-trained Italian tenorman D'Aiello has been a London fixture since 1999 and is noted for his warm, emotional style. Here...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2015
Cecil Taylor: Complete Live At The Café Montmartre
Cecil Taylor | Jimmy Lyons | Kurt Lindstrom | Sunny Murray
Such is the overwhelming idiosyncrasy of Taylor’s language it’s easy to overlook the fact that it was not created in...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2016
Samara Joy
The Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition has played a significant part in launching the careers of a remarkable array...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2021
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