David Helbock, Sebastian Studnitzky, Arne Jansen: The New Cool

David Helbock

The Austrian-born pianist David Helbock's albums on ACT have not quite flattered to deceive – showing promise but failing to...

Reviewed in issue April/2021

Jazzrausch Bigband: téchne

Bettina Maier

After tackling Ludwig Van on 2020's Beethoven's Breakdown, Munich's ever-enterprising Jazzrausch Bigband now have a go at inventing a completely...

Reviewed in issue April/2021

Diego Pinera: Odd Wisdom

Diego Pinera

Berlin-based drummer Diego Pinera, who hails from Montevideo, Uruguay, says he studied music in places where it came from –...

Reviewed in issue March/2021

Janne Mark: Kontinent

Janne Mark

Impressive in conception, deft in execution, this is highly creative Nordic contemporary music. Diverse conceptually yet thematically strong in construction,...

Reviewed in issue February/2021

Shalosh: Broken Balance

Gadi Stern

This Tel Aviv piano trio have found their natural home on EST's label, ACT, as they regularly power up rock...

Reviewed in issue December/2020

Frank Woeste: Pocket Rhapsody II

Frank Woeste

Pianist Frank Woeste won praise for his first Pocket Rhapsody album in 2016. Now he's back with Pocket Rhapsody II,...

Reviewed in issue December/2020

Nesrine

A mesmerising young Algerian- French cellist-vocalist with a dynamic sense of spatial awareness in her music, with its emphasis on...

Reviewed in issue December/2020

Adam Bałdych/Vincent Courtois/Rogier Telderman: Clouds

Adam Bałdych

“On this album I wanted to play less than ever before,” says Polish violin virtuoso Adam Baédych. By which he...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Marius Neset/Danish Radio Big Band/Miho Hazama: Tributes

Marius Neset

With 2016's Snowmelt and 2019's Viaduct (both featuring the London Sinfonietta), the Norwegian reeds virtuoso Marius Neset emerged as a...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Michael Wollny: Mondenkind

Michael Wollny

Michael Wollny, now a family man who teaches in academe, put lockdown to good use in April with this exhilarating...

Reviewed in issue November/2020