Geir Lysne: New Circle

Eckhard Baur | Geir Lysne | Gjermund Silset | Helge Sunde | Knut Aalefjaer | Nguyên Lê | Olav Torget | Reidar Skår

Lysne has shown himself to be an impressive orchestral conceptualist with a series of big band recordings for ACT that...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Espen Berg Trio: Fjaere

Bár∂ur Reinert Poulsen | Espen Berg | Hanna Paulsberg | Mathias Eick | Silje Nergaard | Simon Olderskog Albertsen

This Norwegian pianist has been involved with significant figures on the local scene such as Marius Neset, and has also...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2022

Ida Sand: The Gospel Truth

Andres Hedlund | Ida Sand | Mattias Thorell | Thobias Gabrielsson

As an eight-year-old girl growing up in Sweden, Ida Sand heard the iconic gospel vocalist Mahalia Jackson singing ‘How Great...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2011

Victor Feldman: Swinging on a Star

Rick Laird | Ronnie Stephenson | Victor Feldman

“Britain's finest jazz musician, I think,” Ronnie Scott proudly remarks while introducing an old friend to his club on this...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: May/2013

Kevin Hays/Lionel Loueke: Hope

Kevin Hays | Lionel Loueke

It's been quite a year for brilliant yet ubiquitous Benin-born guitarist Lionel Loueke. He's popped up on albums with the...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: October/2019

Dameronia's Legacy All-Stars: Live at Audi Forum Ingolstadt

Aldo Zunino | Andrea Pozza | Bernd Reiter | Dick Oatts | Jim Rotondi | Johannes Herrlich | Jon Boutellier | Rik Van Den Bergh

Dameronia was a 1980s all-star group dedicated to the performance of music by Tadd Dameron, and led, initially, by drummer...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2022

Jan Johansson/Rune Gustafsson: When the Sun Comes Out

The best selling jazz record in Sweden by some distance is none of your usual suspects – Kind of Blue,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Jeffrey Osborne: Worth It All

Bill Sharpe | Jeffrey Osborne | Kevin Chokan | Khari Parker | Ming Freeman

The veteran musician and singersongwriter Jeffrey Osborne has been a little quieter in the studio since the turn of the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2018

SkyDive Trio: Sun Moee

Mats Eilertsen | Olavi Louhivuori | Thomas T Dahl

Did you ever meet someone at a party who was just so polite and inoffensive that you later had trouble...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2015

Larry Coryell: Aurora Coryellis

Harry Wilkinson | Jeff Chambers | Jon Miller | Larry Coryell | Mike Mandel | Paul Wertico | Steve Marcus

Coryell captured live across four decades in three different guises: in his jazz rock pomp, playing solo and visiting a...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2016