Dee Dee Bridgewater: Dee Dee's Feathers

Dee Dee Bridgewater | Irvin Mayfield | the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

Following love letters to Paris (J'ai Deux Amours) and Mali (Red Earth), for her latest release the great Dee Dee...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2015

Sarah Gillespie: Wishbones

Accompanied by a band of young jazz heavies including Laura Jurd, Chris Montague and arranger-producer Kit Downes, the acoustic guitarist/singer-songwriter...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

Gina Schwarz: Pannonica

Alois Ebert | Florian Sighartner | Gina Schwarz | Judith Schwarz | Lisa Hofmaninger | Lorenz Raab | Philipp Nykrin | Primus Sitter

Gina Schwarz is a leading exhibit on the Austrian jazz scene, one of the country’s finest bass players and a...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2020

Perlin Noise: John eats Bacon with Francis in the Cage

Featuring Led Bib’s Mark Holub on drums, an avant chamber 5-piece musically recreates the complexity of nature through bassist Alessandro...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2020

Sue McCreeth: Queer Bird

Subtitled ‘Elegant songs of England Born’, this peculiarly English jazz voice showcases a diverse set of songs from dear old...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2016

Sten Sandell and Paal Nilssen-Love: Jacana

Paal Nilssen-Love | Sten Sandell

Norwegian drummer, Nilssen-Love, and veteran Swedish pianist, Sandell, have worked together in a trio with bassist Johan Berthling since 1999,...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2014

Chad Wackerman: Dreams, Nightmares and Improvisations

Allan Holdsworth | Chad Wackerman | Jim Cox | Jimmy Johnson

Incredibly Wackerman's work with these guys stretches back four decades. Indeed, Holdsworth's the new guy here: he's only recorded with...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2012

Roscoe Mitchell Quartet: Live at ‘A Space’ 1975

George Lewis | Muhal Richard Abrams | Roscoe Mitchell | Spencer Barefield

The Art Ensemble of Chicago generated such an irrepressible momentum that it’s sometimes easy to forget that it was essentially...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2013

Tommy Flanagan: In His Own Sweet Time

Tommy Flanagan

It's a little-known fact that Tommy Flanagan played [solo] for five minutes in a Soho restaurant in 1993, and apparently...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2021

Jan Garbarek Trio & Quartet: Til Vigdis

Arild Andersen | Frank Phipps | Jan Garbarek | Jon Christensen | Per Løberg

Garbarek's debut album is a holy grail among serious record collectors: the sole release organised by the Norwegian Jazz Federation,...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2014