Andrew McCormack Trio: Terra Firma
Andrew McCormack | Joe Downard | Rod Youngs
Since his award-winning 2006 debut Telescope, Andrew McCormack's piano trio recordings have curiously been thin on the ground. The pianist–composer...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2022
Tom Bancroft Trio Red: Lucid Dreamers
Per Zanussi | Tom Bancroft | Tom Cawley
Originally formed as an on-the-fly studio assemblage of improvising wits from England, Scotland and Norway in 2012, Trio Red have...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2016
Tom Gibbs: Fear of Flying
Euan Burton | James Maddren | Tom Gibbs | Will Vinson
Pianist Tom Gibbs comes from Glasgow, current hotbed for the new jazz generation in Scotland. He is a member of...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013
Jim Blomfield Trio: Wave Forms and Sea Changes
Jim Blomfield | Mark Whitlam | Roshan ‘Tosh’ Wijetunge
The pianist Jim Blomfield has been a fixture on the creative music scene in Bristol since 1991, and has also...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013
Gwilym Simcock: Near and Now
This follow-up to Simcock's Mercury Prize-shortlisted 2011 ACT debut, the brilliant Good Days At Schloss Elmau, was penned primarily on...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2019
Aaron Goldberg: The Now
Aaron Goldberg | Eric Harland | Kurt Rosenwinkel | Reuben Rogers
This is the fifth CD by the pianist Aaron Goldberg (Joshua Redman, Wynton Marsalis) with the former Charles Lloyd group...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015
Alexi Tuomarila Trio: Sphere
Alexi Tuomarila | Mats Eilertsen | Olavi Louhivuori | Verneri Pohjola
Though Glenn Gould and Alexi Tuomarila are two quite different pianists with two quite different musical outlooks, they do share...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2019
Joe Chambers: Samba de Maracatu
Brad Merritt | Joe Chambers | MC Parrain | Stephanie Jordan | Steve Haines
When Chick Corea died in February, the name of Joe Chambers might have been a peripheral thought for some fans...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2021
James Brandon Lewis: MSM Molecular Systematic Music Live
Aruan Ortiz | Brad Jones | Chad Taylor | James Brandon Lewis | Kirk Knuffke
For the past decade American saxophonist James Brandon Lewis has been gathering an impressive head of creative steam through his...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2023
Jonathan Saraga: Journey To A New World
Aki Ishiguro | Chris Pattishall | Jonathan Saraga | Kenneth Salters | Remy Le Boeuf | Rick Rosato
I've always had a soft spot for the Fresh Sound New Talent label. It's Jordi Pujol's special baby and shows...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: April/2018
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