Pierre Dørge: Soundscapes

The Danish New Jungle Orchestra leader-guitarist’s sextet’s (featuring Conrad Herwig and Adam Nussbaum) coolly atmospheric, grooving set of originals pays...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2018

Ben Allison/Steve Cardenas/Ted Nash: Quiet Revolution

A New York-based trio’s tribute to a couple of jazz heroes, Jim Hall and Jimmy Guiffre, includes the latter’s ‘The...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

Fast, Loose and Out of Control: Bare Essentials

New Zealand native drummer Ed Ware and Norwegian trumpeter Audun Waage got together to record this unusual duo album in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2021

Chico Freeman: Kings of Mali

Anthony Davis | Cecil McBee | Chico Freeman | Famoudou Don Moye | Jay Hoggard

These days we're familiar with the legacy of independent jazz labels like Strata East, but India Navigation remains a less...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2012

Randal Despommier ft. Ben Monder: A Midsummer Odyssey

Ben Monder | Randal Despommier

Some of his fellow Swedes somewhat disparagingly called Lars Gullin a crafter of ‘cattle-shed jazz’ (‘fäbodjazz’), the implication being that...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2022

Bojan Z/Julien Lourau: Duo

Bojan Zulfikarpasic | Julien Lourau

The Serbian-born pianist/keyboardist Bojan Z and saxophonist Julien Lourau are both internationally acclaimed French-based jazz musicians sharing a background in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2016

Gregory Porter: Liquid Spirit

Aaron James | Chip Crawford | Curtis Taylor | Emanuel Harrold | Glenn Patscha | Gregory Porter | Tivon Pennicott | Yosuke Sato

The central media story here is ‘major label debut’ but that’s not the only point of interest. Although Porter’s lordly...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2013

Alex Merritt Quartet: Anatta

Alex Merritt | Jeff Williams | John Turville | Sam Lasserson

Birmingham Conservatoire grad Alex Merritt brings together some interesting influences on his debut disc as leader, released as part of...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2016

Carsten Dahl: Bach Goldberg Variations

Carsten Dahl

The bottom left hand corner of the CD case of Dahl's Goldberg Variations reads: ‘Genre: Classical’. It became Denmark's best-selling...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2015

Paul G Smyth/Chris Corsano: Psychic Armour

Chris Corsano | Paul G Smyth

There are only two musicians on Psychic Armour but, in the very best sense, they make quite a racket. Chris...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: March/2017