Loose Tubes: Säd Afrika – review
This farewell performance from the 1990s captures an anarchic British big band at its chaotic best, says Dave Gelly
Lynne Arriale: Solo – review
The former classical pianist from Milwaukee has taken a long-postponed plunge into unaccompanied performance, with agreeable results, writes John Fordham
JBBG – Jazz Bigband Graz: Urban Folktales – review
The set's eclecticism has a borderline-smooth gloss at times, but Urban Folktales is agreeably accessible, writes John Fordham
trio VD: Maze – review
This album retains trio VD's frantic hit-and-run staccato structures and howling distortion, but the extremes are even scarier, writes John Fordham
Lighthouse Trio – review
This British trio is an exception – a dynamically democratic jazz organism that has stuck together for a long time, writes John Fordham
Dub Colossus Dub Band – review
The Britsh-based edition of Dub Colossus throw a great show even without their wonderful Ethiopian members, writes Robin Denselow
John Pizzarelli: Double Exposure – review
The jazz guitarist and singer delights with a sharp and surprising collection of songs, writes Dave Gelly
John Abercrombie Quartet: Within a Song – review
The atmosphere is delicate on this CD showcasing the guitarist's influences, but there's more exuberance than on his recent sessions, writes John Fordham
Alex Hutton Trio: Legentis – review
This is the kind of music that speaks to a wide listenership, whether its roots are appreciated or not, writes John Fordham
Loose Tubes: Sad Afrika – review
The irrepressible essence of this shortlived but influential big band comes quickly to the fore on this 1990 recording, writes John Fordham
Bill Frisell/John Taylor – review
Bill Frisell's Beautiful Dreamers trio dominated this year's festival Big Top with the eccentric audacity of their interpretations, writes John Fordham
Marcus Miller – review
This was a well-oiled machine of a show full of thumb-slapping dance grooves from the breathtaking bass guitarist, writes John Fordham
Dave Stapleton: Flight – review
When it works, it works beautifully as Dave Stapleton combines jazz and string quartets, says Dave Gelly
Dave Stapleton: Flight – review
Stapleton's string-quartet writing doesn't exactly pushing melodic envelopes, but it links narratives to a subtle balance of postbop and folk-jazz, writes John Fordham
Tore Brunborg/Kirsti Huke/Petter Vagan: Scent of Soil – review
Huke and Brunborg sound made for each other on this mix of self-penned songs, and poems by Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson, writes John Fordham
Vijay Iyer Trio – review
Vijay Iyer is on a roll – and we're lucky he still likes to play such intimate gigs, writes John Fordham
Ilan Volkov and Friends – review
Conductor Ilan Volkov showed off his experimental-contemporary side at this uniquely eccentric improv night, writes John Lewis
Claire Martin: Too Much in Love to Care – review
The brilliant jazz singer has never sounded better than on this delightful collection, writes Dave Gelly
Atomic: Here Comes Everybody – review
The Scandinavian quintet hurl together their familiar brand of free-jazz, Latin, postbop and circus band – but it works, writes John Fordham
Kuhn/Swallow/Baron: Wisteria – review
The latest album from veteran pianist Steve Kuhn is straightish jazz, but in a class of its own, writes John Fordham
Bugge Wesseltoft: Songs – review
If you like your jazz standards with a little breezy swing, forget it – this session is mostly taken at a spacey sleepwalk, writes John Fordham
Alexander Hawkins – review
Alexander Hawkins sounds like all the future jazz you might imagine without ever being able to conceive of the details, writes John Fordham
Wallace Roney: Home
Dave Gelly finds moments of devastating boldness in these eight numbers from the American trumpeter
Bruno Heinen Dialogues Trio/Julian Siegel: Twinkle Twinkle – review
Twinkle Twinkle scatters elements of the nursery rhyme throughout this group conversation with guest saxophonist Julian Siegel, writes John Fordham
Steve Lehman: Dialect Fluorescent – review
Lehman's music can sound overly scientific to some - so this unexpectedly rootsy and frequently hard-swinging set, might be the ideal solution, writes John Fordham
Paul Booth: Trilateral – review
The highly skilled and versatile sax craftsman Paul Booth has blues power and funky drive in abundance, writes John Fordham
Tineke Postma – review
Tineke Postma writes strikingly personal contemporary pieces that nonetheless declare strong regular-jazz allegiances, writes John Fordham
New York Standards Quartet – review
This vivacious foursome delightedly cherish pop and Broadway tunes even while brusquely deconstructing them, writes John Fordham
Simcock Garland Sirkis: Lighthouse – review
Jazz trio Simcock Garland Sirkis achieve astonishing musical unity, writes Dave Gelly
Tom Arthurs/Richard Fairhurst: Postcards from Pushkin – review
Inspired by Pushkin's poems, this is a little gem for anyone who thinks contemporary jazz is an exercise in hiding tunes, writes John Fordham
Simcock/Garland/Sirkis: Lighthouse – review
On their latest CD Garland glows through the slow pieces, Simcock ignites the fast ones and Sirkis sounds like a percussion choir, writes John Fordham
Fly: Year of the Snake – review
With its rustling fast grooves, languid horn lines and subtle textural drumming, Year of the Snake is up there with Fly's best work, writes John Fordham
Chick Corea and Gary Burton – review
This rather cerebral partnership finally loosened up and brought the fun when they abandoned sheet music, writes John Lewis
Michel Legrand – review
It's difficult to believe that Michel Legrand – a greying Parisian with a startling resemblance to TV scientist James Burke – is 80, because he still plays with such intensity and accuracy, writes John Lewis
Chick Corea & Gary Burton: Hot House – review
Chick Corea and Gary Burton's piano and vibraphone collaborations cannot fail to charm, writes Dave Gelly