Ibrahim Maalouf: Live Tracks 2006-2016

Ibrahim Maalouf

In 2006 Ibrahim Maalouf stepped out at the New Morning in Paris to make his debut onstage appearance as leader....

Reviewed in issue February/2017

Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra: Time/Life (Song for the Whales and Other Things)

Curtis Fowlkes | Loren Stillman | Carla Bley | Vincent Chancey | Joseph Daley | Steve Cardenas | Tony Malaby | Michael Rodriguez | Chris Cheek | Charlie Haden

The Liberation Music Orchestra make a welcome reappearance on record. Two tracks – ‘Blue in Green’ and ‘Song for the...

Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2016/2017

John Scofield: Country For Old Men

John Scofield | Steve Swallow | Bill Stewart | Larry Goldings

I cannot begin to comprehend how you deal with the death of a son. For over two years the Scofield...

Reviewed in issue October/2016

Roberto Fonseca: ABUC

Carlos Calunga | Manuel ‘Guajiro’ Mirabal | Eliades Ochoa | Yandy Martinez Rodriguez | Dayme Arocena | Roberto Fonseca | Ramses ‘Dynamite’ Rodriguez | Rafael Lay Bravo | Trombone Shorty | Roberto Espinosa Rodriguez

Unguessable sea-changes are sweeping towards post-embargo Cuba. Fonseca remains loyal to its jazz legacy, though, on his eighth solo album....

Reviewed in issue October/2016

Ran Blake: Chabrol Noir

The 80-year-old pianist-composer draws fascinatingly from the cinematic noir of French New wave director Claude Chabrol, mixing lyrically abstract jazz...

Reviewed in issue May/2016

John Scofield: Past Present

John Scofield | Joe Lovano | Larry Grenadier | Bill Stewart

Art born from tragedy doesn't always cut it, no matter how sympathetic we may be to the artist's pain. Yet...

Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Sullivan Fortner: Aria

Joe Dyson | Aidan Caroll | Tivon Pennicott | Sullivan Fortner

Pianist Fortner ticks all the boxes that a well-trained contemporary player should – impressive harmonic base; skilful improvising; mostly original...

Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Indra Rios-Moore: Heartland

Indra Rios-Moore | Thomas Sejthen | Benjamin Traerup | Uffe Steen

Featuring the talismanic presence of producer Larry Klein, this third album from the US-born, Denmark-based vocalist Indra Rios-Moore serves up...

Reviewed in issue July/2015

Jacky Terrasson: Take This

Lukmil Perez Herrera | Adama Diarra | Sly Johnson | Burniss Earl Travis II | Jacky Terrasson

The New York-based pianist-keyboardist Jacky Terrasson put on a playfully exhilarating performance at the Ronnie Scott's Piano Trio Festival last...

Reviewed in issue May/2015

Ran Blake: Cocktails at Dusk: A Noir Tribute to Chris Connor

Pianist Ran Blake plays exquisitely on this set of tunes associated with the swing era ex-Stan Kenton band singer Chris...

Reviewed in issue March/2015