Kai Winding: Solo and Kai Olé
The first appearance on CD of two Winding LPs from his period at Verve in the early 1960s, these were...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2018
Kevin Figes: Wallpaper Music II
Ashley John Long | Brigitte Beraha | Jim Blomfield | Kevin Figes | Mark Whitlam
Over half a century ago the seismic impact of the new ‘rock’ music so mystified mainstream music industry moguls that...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: March/2024
Liran Donin's 1000 Boats: 8 Songs
Ben Brown | Chris Williams | Josh Arcoleo | Liran Donin | Maria Chiara Argirò | Ranjana Ghatak
Led Bib's lyricism can be lost in their reputation for attack. Their bassist Liran Donin, though, is all melody and...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: June/2018
Binker Golding: Dream Like A Dogwood Wild Boy
Billy Adamson | Binker Golding | Daniel Casimir | Sam Jones | Sarah Tandy
Binker & Moses helped set the UK New Jazz template, but Binker Golding has chafed against its tenets ever since....
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2022
Steve Lodder: …Tied Up with Strings
You know Steve Lodder. You know his work, anyway. The pianist and keyboardist has fruitfully combined his musical talents with...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2015
Shatner's Bassoon: Aquatic Ape Privilege
Andrew Lisle | Craig Scott | Johnny Richards | Mike Bardon | Oliver Dover
Noel Edmonds was one of those who got caught out by surreal comic writer Chris Morris' bogus scam ...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2013
Shatner's Bassoon: Disco Erosion
Craig Scott | Johnny Richards | Joost Hendrickx | Michael Bardon | Oliver Dover
With a name pilfered from one of the more absurd episodes of Chris Morris's Brass Eye, Shatner's Bassoon have always...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2018
James Taylor Quartet: Closer To The Moon
All credit to Taylor as both musically and psychically he broadens his horizons with his most ambitious release yet. 2011's...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2013
The Golden Age of Steam: Tomato Brain
Alex Bonney | James Allsopp | Kit Downes | Ruth Goller | Tim Giles
This one-take improvisation gives a singular context to James Allsopp's sax, his sketched compositions growing in the dank electronica of...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: February/2021
SWR Newjazz Meeting 2016: Sound Portraits From Contemporary Africa
Jonno Sweetman | Kyle Shepherd | Lionel Loueke | Mthunzi Mvubu | Shane Cooper
German radio station SWR has sponsored new jazz collaborations since 1966. This first meeting between Herbie Hancock’s Benin-born guitarist Lionel...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: February/2018
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