Joey Alexander: My Favourite Things

It's hard to separate the massive interest – it comes with Herbie Hancock's endorsement among others – in this Indonesian...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2015

Brad Mehldau Trio: Blues and Ballads

Brad Mehldau | Jeff Ballard | Larry Grenadier

Following the epic, turbo-charged one man showcase on the retrospective 10 Years Solo Live and the exhilarating contemporary prog electronica...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2016

Ethan Iverson: Every Note Is True

Ethan Iverson | Jack DeJohnette | Larry Grenadier

It wasn’t just Boris Johnson at the COP 26 climate conference reawakening memories of Kermit the Frog. Iverson does a...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2022

Rudy Linka: American Trailer

Larry Grenadier | Rudy Linka | Rudy Royston

This is a very charming set from the Prague-born guitarist Rudy Linka, who was voted one of the 10 best...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2018

George Colligan: More Powerful

George Colligan | Linda May Han Oh | Nicole Glover | Rudy Royston

The pianist George Colligan brings with him a wealth of experience from playing on the New York scene since first...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017

Jakob Bro/Joe Lovano: Once Around The Room: A Tribute To Paul Motian

Anders Christensen | Jakob Bro | Joe Lovano | Joey Baron | Jorge Rossy | Larry Grenadier | Thomas Morgan

Apart from being one of the greatest drummers in improvised music, Paul Motian was also a composer who achieved the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2022

Joshua Redman: Walking Shadows

Brad Mehldau | Brian Blade | Dan Coleman | Joshua Redman | Larry Grenadier | Mehldau | Patrick Zimmerli

The presence of the 12-piece chamber orchestra makes the term ‘jazz strings’ appropriate, but the real story, at least from...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2013

Zhenya Strigalev's Smiling Organizm: Robin Goodie

Ambrose Akinmusire | Eric Harland | Larry Grenadier | Taylor Eigisti | Tim Lefebvre | Tim LeFebvre | Zhenya Strigalev

“Hi, my name is Robin Goodie,” alto saxophonist Zhenya Strigalev declares in the middle of the title track in a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2015

Mark Turner: Yam Yam

Brad Mehldau | Jorge Rossy | Kurt Rosenwinkl | Larry Grenadier | Mark Turner | Seamus Blake | Terence Dean

Recorded in 1994, the Young Lions resurgence was well under way by the time Turner made this, his debut as...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2022

Diego Barber and Craig Taborn: Tales

Craig Taborn | Diego Barber

If ever there was evidence for the argument that there are actually more accomplished players in jazz than the genre's...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2014