When Clifford Jordan reached Paris in March 1975, at the height of his mid-decade resurgence, a new Selmer Mark VII tenor saxophone awaited him. Night of the Mark VII is named after it. Recorded in ...

Enrico Rava’s latest release, Corners, lets its character unfold through the shared connections between the musicians. The little shifts of emphasis, the knowing exchanges, and the sense that nobody ...

In October 2020, Jon Armstrong released Reabsorb, two continuous suites for a Los Angeles sextet laid out one to each side of the LP, each built on a short poem by his wife Erin Armstrong. Armstrong ...

It would be difficult to overestimate how thoroughly Steven Bernstein has, for thirty-odd years, defined himself by the slide trumpet — that ungainly, marvellous contraption he has all but ...

“The Realization” is the thoughtful, evocative new release from Norwegian bassist John Børge Askeland. Featuring the unmistakable trumpet playing of Arve Henriksen, the dream-like nature of the ...

Matthew Hiram creates an appealing world of mindful, meditative soundscapes on Shade Songs. The Minneapolis-based interdisciplinary artist, composer and field recordist has built much of his work ...

I love an album that takes me on a journey, and Somehow It Will Be does exactly that. It unfolds with the freshness and quiet confidence of someone discovering their own artistic voice, inviting the ...

This freshly unearthed live gem from HMV Japan’s Project Re:Vinyl series captures Ryo Fukui in sublime mood, and it’s nothing short of a joy ride through the golden era of straight‑ahead post‑bop jazz ...

On Reaching for the Moon, Elina Duni and Rob Luft strip their collaboration down to its most essential form: voice and guitar. After the textured, ensemble-driven landscapes of their earlier quartet ...

Jazzaggression’s Handmade imprint is the Finnish label’s most tactile undertaking: limited lathe runs cut at Studio Pelto in Finland, issued in batches of twenty-five or fifty and gone almost before ...