Maciej Obara Quartet: Three Crowns

Dominik Wania | Gard Nilssen | Maciej Obara | Ole Morten Vågan

This is the second ECM release from the Maciej Obara Quartet. Their debut was called, in somewhat downbeat manner, Unloved;...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2020

Branford Marsalis Quartet: Four MFs Playin' Tunes

Branford Marsalis | Eric Revis | Joey Calderazzo | Justin Faulkner

Live, the Marsalis Quartet have a swagger and joie de vivre that hasn't quite been captured on record until this...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2012

Barbacana

James Allsopp | Kit Downes | Sylvain Darrifourcq

Has anyone ever figured out why Canterbury-scene groups such as Soft Machine, Gong and National Health were so popular in...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2013

Frank Sinatra: Complete studio recordings with Tommy Dorsey

Frank Sinatra

Recorded for RCA Victor in Chicago, Hollywood and New York between 1940 and 1942, at the start of his career,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2015

Peter Jones: Under the Setting Sun

A suave yet delicate-toned, London-based hep singer-songwriter, who’s especially indebted to the late Mark Murphy, has capable support from a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

David Virelles: Nuna

David Virelles | Julio Barreto

Cuban-American pianist David Virelles has been one of the most original figures in contemporary improvised music since debuting as a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2022

Bagland: States of Being

Alex Jønsson | Anna Jalving | Frederik Sakham | Frej Lesner | Jakob Sørensen | Josefine Opsahl | Mathias Jæger

The fourth album release by the young Danish trumpeter Jakob Sørensen’s band Bagland is the second, following Cirkel in 2019,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2022

Azymuth: Demos (1973-75) Volumes 1&2

Alex Malheiros | Ariovaldo Contesini | Ivan ‘Mamao’ Conti | Jose Roberto Bertrami

Like any heritage act, Azymuth is the band that keeps on giving. Since their first release, Azimuth, in 1975, the...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2019

Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Smells Funny

Ellen Brekken | Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen | Ivar Loe Bjørnstad

Our chums at Classic Rock dubbed this trio ‘Sabbath Jazz’. And if you stopped reading there, woe betide you tin-eared...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Feb/2019

Perelman/Maneri/Roberts/Rothenberg: Strings 2

Hank Roberts | Ivo Perelman | Mat Maneri | Ned Rothenberg

Tenor saxophonist Perelman’s commitment to composing spontaneously and expanding his range of collaborators usually has a specific premise. These two...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2019