Jazz
Erland Dahlen – Rolling Bomber
Star Norwegian drummer goes solo with a sometimes creepy debut LP.
Ahmad Jamal – Blue Moon
An unpredictable new set from the influential pianist.
Zoe Rahman – Kindred Spirits
A set melding its varied constituents into a deeply personal final form.
The Neil Cowley Trio – The Face of Mount Molehill
Cowley?s taste-making doesn?t always succeed, despite the vitality of his tunes.
Portico Quartet – Portico Quartet
An endlessly absorbing third LP from the inspired jazz outfit.
Matthew Bourne – Montauk Variations
An expectations-confounding listen of solo piano experimentation.
Partikel – Cohesion
Piano-less trio delivers discreetly elegiac melodies alongside their stinging grooves.
Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez and Paul Motian – Further Explorations
When this trio’s performance, captured live in New York, clicks it is utterly magnificent.
Sun Ra – Space Is the Place
Saturnian jazz godhead leaves Earth?s orbit.
Brad Mehldau Trio – The Art of the Trio ? Recordings: 1996-2001
A trio that changed the landscape of small group jazz.
Keith Jarrett – Rio
Features performances which recall his career-defining early trio recordings.
Archie Shepp & Joachim Kühn – Wo!Man
A pronounced swing emerges as this fine collaborative set unfolds.
Meshell Ndegeocello – Weather
A curious album which requires several airings to reveal its secretive charms.
Nat Birchall – Sacred Dimension
A deeply sincere homage presented with an open heart full of passion.
Kieran Hebden / Steve Reid / Mats Gustafsson – Live at the South Bank
A welcome addition to what eventually became Reid?s late-period re-emergence.
The Claudia Quintet +1 featuring Kurt Elling and Theo Bleckmann – What Is th…
A collaborative jazz/poetry affair that proves to be a piece of vital, living art.
Darius Jones Trio – Big Gurl (Smell My Dream)
A notable addition to alto saxophonist Jones? already impressive discography.
The Necks – Mindset
Expectations are set up only to be subverted on The Necks? latest long-player.
Empirical – Elements of Truth
This London jazz quartet crashes irresistibly through the decades on album three.
Linley Hamilton – Taylor Made
A promising album from the trumpeter, which recognises its central force in its title.
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