Eric Alexander Trio: Just One Of Those Things

Dezron Douglas | Eric Alexander | Neal Smith

Eric Alexander gets to his inner John Coltrane from the first notes of ‘Just One of Those Things’ to the...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2017

Avishai Cohen/Yonathan Avishai: Playing The Room

Avishai Cohen | Yonathan Avishai

This is a gorgeous set - another delicate exploration of brass tonality, restrained improv eloquence and quiet empathy from the...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2019

Scott Neumann: Neu3 Trio Blessed

This Brooklyn-based drummer’s band consists of saxophonist Michael Blake and bassist Mark Helias, the lack of chordal instrument being hardly...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2013

3'Ain

This Belgium-based trio's fivetrack EP is boosted by the moodily animated presence of the scintillating Syrian trumpeter Yamen Martini; otherwise...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020

Radament: Due

From Barcelona, this duo combine piano and drums with electronics Their mix of playful Mediterranean melodies, EST improv-rock grooves and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2019

Espen Eriksen Trio with Andy Sheppard: Perfectly Unhappy

Andreas Bye | Andy Sheppard | Espen Eriksen | Lars Tormod Jenset

Andy Sheppard has been guesting live wherever possible with the Espen Eriksen Trio since 2016. He blends perfectly into this...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: June/2018

Sam Coombes: Time of Life

Julien Charlet | Nico Morelli | Sam Coombes | Yoni Zelnik

This is the first album from polymath, multi-saxophonist Sam Coombes since the more frenetic Pace of Change (2016). It’s a...

Reviewed by Victoria Kingham in issue: March/2025

Gary Bartz & Maisha: Night Dreamer Direct-To-Disc Sessions

Al MacSween | Axel Kaner-Lidstrom | Gary Bartz | Jake Long | Shirley Tetteh | Tim Doyle | Twm Dylan

Ever since his headline slot at We Out Here Festival last summer, US sax great Gary Bartz had been enjoying...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: May/2020

Bob James & Nathan East: The New Cool

Bob James

Like the proverbial horse and carriage, James and East go together like the best of marriages. It could of course...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2016

Mammal Hands: Animalia

Jesse Barrett | Jordan Smart | Nick Smart

If the musicians Matthew Halsall welcomes onto Manchester's Gondwana label share an MO, it's for meditatively circling passages, rhythmic drive...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: October/2014