Phil Haynes: No Fast Food

A McDonalds-free 2-CD live session served up by a versatile percussionist's trio with big guns for company, in Dave Liebman...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Rempis/Piet/Daisy: Throw Tomatoes

Vandermark 5 saxophonist Dave Rempis heads a Chicagoan free jazz trio romp with Matt Piet and Tim Daisy on a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

Nicole Johänntgen: Moncaup

Awarded the seal of approval by her mentor Dave Liebman, this energetic German saxophonist plays exhilaratingly funky post-Coltrane soprano with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2015

Péter Rozsnyói Trio: Pain of an Angel

The Budapest Music Center which has a pivotal role in promoting quality new Hungarian jazz, releases an easy going swingin’...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2016

George Russell Sextet/Septet: Complete 1960-1962 Decca & Riverside Album Collection

Al Kiger | Albert Heath | Brian Trentham | Chuck Israels | Dave Young | David Baker | David Lahm | Don Ellis | Eric Dolphy | Garnett Brown

Although he would not have agreed, it may be that Russell was at his most influential during this period. Not...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2015

Jon Lucien: I Am Now

Bobby Scott | Dave Grusin | Eric Harrigan Jr | Frank Malabe | Jon Lucien | Milt Hisler | Stanley Rubinstein

Originally released in 1970, Jon Lucien's debut I Am Now veers unpredictably between the great, the overblown and the frankly...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2011

Hanging Hearts: Into a Myth

The Chicago-based Chris Weller is a saxophonist in his city's gutsy tenor mould and his trio collective pumps out a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017

Devin Gray: Dirigo Rataplan

The Brooklyn-based drummer's quartet features a few top dogs on the experimental downtown scene in Ellery Eskelin, Michael Formanek and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018

Brubeck Brothers Quartet: Timeline

In marking the 60th anniversary of their dad's momentous Cold War tour around the globe (the topic for a recent...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2018

Food: This is Not a Miracle

Christian Fennesz | Iain Ballamy | Thomas Strøenen

Formed in 1998, the Anglo-Norwegian jazz electronica ensemble Food are one of the leading European exponents of post-clubland, experimental jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016