Various Artists: Cape Jazz Piano

Ebrahim Shihab | Hilton Schilder | Jack Momple | Kyle Shepherd | Mervyn Africa | Mike Perry | Murray Anderson | Ramon Alexander

It's a shame the South African piano tradition is not as widely available, or as widely celebrated, as all that...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2019

Ahmad Jamal: At the Pershing and Other ‘Live’ Recordings, 1958-59

Ahmad Jamal | Israel Crosby | Vernel Fournier

This was the classic early Jamal trio, one he remains very fond of, as it generated both his first album...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/2020

Rick Simpson: Klammer

Dave Hamblett | George Crowley | Michael Chillingworth | Ralph Wyld | Rick Simpson | Tom Farmer

Klammer is the hugely impressive sophomore recording of originals and ensemble arrangements by the gifted 2008 Guildhall graduate and pianist-keyboardist...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017

Pigfoot: Pigfoot Shuffle

Chris Batchelor | James Allsopp | Liam Noble | Paul Clarvis

This new album from London jazz eccentrics Pigfoot is a greatest hits collection drawn from their gig series at the...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: September/2019

Eraldo Bernocchi, Harold Budd, Robin Guthrie: Winter Garden

Eraldo Bernocchi | Harold Budd | Robin Guthrie

I was lucky to first hear Winter Garden while trapped in the middle of a Siberian snow storm. Just as...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2012

Chris Hodgkins & Dave Price: Back In Your Own Backyard

Ashley John Long | Chris Hodgkins | Dave Price | Erika Lyons

Here's Hodgkins newly released from his long-term role as director of Jazz Services and back to doing what he always...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2015

Gato Barbieri: Fenix

Anthony Jackson | Chuck Loeb | David Charles | Dennis Chambers | Frank McComb | Gato Barbieri | Gene Golden | Jeff Golub | Joe Beck | Lenny White

Fenix remains an outstanding recording of its decade and even now has a towering presence. It took Barbieri a decade...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2014

Bugge Wesseltoft: Songs

Since winding-up his hugely successful New Conception of Jazz group a couple of years ago, Wesseltoft has been assiduously developing...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2015

Lee Konitz: Enfant Terribles

Bill Frisell | Gary Peacock | Joey Baron | Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz's search for fresh paths through the American songbook has been decidedly hit-and-miss on recent releases. This 2011 live...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2013

John Crawford: Times And Tides

Duncan Lamont | Guille Hill | John Crawford | Leonora Claps | Linley Weir | Richard Sadler | Shanti Paul Jayasinha | Simon Pearson

Crawford recently played Ronnie Scott's as part of their International Piano Trio series and styles himself on his website as...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2016