Review of Andrew McCormack Trio: Terra Firma

Andrew McCormack Trio: Terra Firma

Andrew McCormack | Joe Downard | Rod Youngs

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Tom Bancroft Trio Red: Lucid Dreamers

Tom Bancroft Trio Red: Lucid Dreamers

Per Zanussi | Tom Bancroft | Tom Cawley

Interrupto

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Tom Gibbs: Fear of Flying

Tom Gibbs: Fear of Flying

Euan Burton | James Maddren | Tom Gibbs | Will Vinson

Whirlwind

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Jim Blomfield Trio: Wave Forms and Sea Changes

Jim Blomfield Trio: Wave Forms and Sea Changes

Jim Blomfield | Mark Whitlam | Roshan ‘Tosh’ Wijetunge

Pig Records

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Gwilym Simcock: Near and Now

Gwilym Simcock: Near and Now

Gwilym Simcock

Editor's Choice

ACT

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Aaron Goldberg: The Now

Aaron Goldberg: The Now

Aaron Goldberg | Eric Harland | Kurt Rosenwinkel | Reuben Rogers

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Alexi Tuomarila Trio: Sphere

Alexi Tuomarila Trio: Sphere

Alexi Tuomarila | Mats Eilertsen | Olavi Louhivuori | Verneri Pohjola

Edition

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Joe Chambers: Samba de Maracatu

Joe Chambers: Samba de Maracatu

Brad Merritt | Joe Chambers | MC Parrain | Stephanie Jordan | Steve Haines

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of James Brandon Lewis: MSM Molecular Systematic Music Live

James Brandon Lewis: MSM Molecular Systematic Music Live

Aruan Ortiz | Brad Jones | Chad Taylor | James Brandon Lewis | Kirk Knuffke

Editor's Choice

ANTI-Records

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Jonathan Saraga: Journey To A New World

Jonathan Saraga: Journey To A New World

Aki Ishiguro | Chris Pattishall | Jonathan Saraga | Kenneth Salters | Remy Le Boeuf | Rick Rosato

Editor's Choice

Fresh Sound New Talent

Rating: ★★★★

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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