John O'Gallagher: The Anton Webern Project

Johannes Weidenmuller | John O'Gallagher | Margret Grebowicz | Matt Moran | Pete McCann | Russ Lossing | Tyshawn Sorey

Interpreting a selection of significant last-century composer Anton Webern’s works, John O’Gallagher is a California-born, but long-time New York-based saxophonist,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

George Coleman: George Coleman at Yoshi's

Alvin Queen | George Coleman | Harold Mabern | Ray Drummond

George Coleman is one of the great, under-appreciated tenor giants. Possessor of an encyclopaedic knowledge of music and of the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2023

Miles Davis: The Lost Quintet

Chick Corea | Dave Holland | Jack DeJohnette | Miles Davis | Wayne Shorter

This performance, by what has come to be known as Davis' ‘Lost Quintet’, was taken from his Autumn 1969 tour...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2019

Irabagon, Hegre & Drønen: Axis

Jon Irabagon is a technically ferocious NYC-based sax master of jazz vernaculars, asserting himself coherently in trio with a Norwegian...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

Kairos 4tet: Everything We Hold

Adam Waldmann | Becky Jones | Ben Davis | Emilia Mårtensson | Ivo Neame | Jasper Høiby | John Turville | Jon Scott | Jules Buckley | Julia Dale

The third release from Adam Waldmann's Kairos 4tet group alternates between airily song-like jazz instrumentals and acoustic songs, one rolling...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2013

Michael Formanek: Small Places

Craig Taborn | Gerald Cleaver | Michael Formanek | Tim Berne

How much more ECM can you get? Not only is bassist/composer Michael Formanek an ECM artist but so are altoist...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Emmet Cohen: Uptown in Orbit

Emmet Cohen | Kyle Poole | Patrick Bartley | Russell Hall | Sean Jones

If you don’t know the original Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith ‘Fingerbuster’, cut for Commodore in 1939, you might think that...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2023

The Remote Viewers: Last Man In Europe

Adrian Northover | David Petts | John Edwards

London-based improv ensemble The Remote Viewers have previously created music with dystopian undercurrents, which given that free improv ordinarily flirts...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: March/2018

Phil Meadows Group: Engines of Creation

Conor Chaplin | Elliot Galvin | Laura Jurd | Phil Meadows | Simon Roth

Bolton-born saxophonist Phil Meadows, currently the lead alto in NYJO, graduated from Trinity Laban only last year. Versatile and well-educated,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013

Daymé Arocena: Nueva Era

Dayme Arocena | Julio Cesar | Neil Charles | Oli Savill | Robert Mitchell | Simbad | Yelfris Valdes

The young Cuban singer Daymé Arocena has been causing ripples for a while now, what with her rich voice, charismatic...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2015