Review of Andrew Woolf: Song Unsung

Andrew Woolf: Song Unsung

Andrew Woolf | Dave Manington | Joe Auckland | Rob Updegraff | Simon Roth

Oti-O Records

Rating: ★★★

As a member of Alvorada, Andrew Woolf is a leading light in the UK choro scene, choro being a style...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2021

Review of Joe Morris: Shock Axis

Joe Morris: Shock Axis

Chris Cretella | Dave Parmelee | Joe Morris

Relative Pitch

Rating: ★★

Sometimes too much is, well, just a little too much. East Coast veteran Joe Morris has made a name for...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2016

Review of I Work In Communications: Kiss My Emoji Ring

I Work In Communications: Kiss My Emoji Ring

Dave De Rose | George Crowley | Marius Mathiszik

tier.debut records

Rating: ★★★

Thanks to the pandemic, the notion of remote musical collaboration has become almost a commonplace, even for improvisatory musicians. Athens-based...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: October/2022

Review of The Exu

The Exu

Dave Kane | Emil Karlsen | James Mainwaring

Discus Music

Rating: ★★★

The final track on this new trio’s impressive debut is dedicated to saxophonist Tim Berne, which gives a pretty good...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2025

Review of Jamil Sheriff: The Debt

Jamil Sheriff: The Debt

Dave Walsh | Jamil Sheriff | Sam Quintana

Lamplight Social Records

Rating: ★★★★

Jamil Sheriff is a pivotal figure on the rich Northern jazz scene, both in his role as an educator at...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: April/2025

Review of Josephine Davies: Satori

Josephine Davies: Satori

Dave Whitford | Josephine Davies | Paul Clarvis

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Just as in a card game blow-hard bluffers can risk overplaying their hands, so in music hard-blowing jazzers are sometimes...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2017

Review of Daryl Runswick Quartet: Playdreaming

Daryl Runswick Quartet: Playdreaming

Daryl Runswick | Mick Pyne | Ray Warleigh | Spike Wells

ASC

Rating: ★★★

Here's more jazz exhumation, this time courtesy of Spike Wells' ghetto-blaster, lately re-vivified and well worth the effort. Runswick (born...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2018

Review of John Abercrombie: Night

John Abercrombie: Night

Jack DeJohnette | Jan Hammer | John Abercrombie | Mike Brecker

Rating: ★★★★

By 1975, the New York guitarist John Abercrombie was escaping the fusion-virtuoso stereotype he had acquired with Billy Cobham’s band...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2019

Review of Harry Christelis: Nurture the Child/Challenge the Adult

Harry Christelis: Nurture the Child/Challenge the Adult

Andrea Di Biase | Christos Stylianides | Dave Storey | Harry Christelis

Clonmell Jazz Social

Rating: ★★★

London guitarist Harry Christelis's heroes include Bill Frisell and Paul Motian, and beloved genres range from free improv to folk...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: March/2023

Review of Educated Guess: Educated Guess Vol. 1

Educated Guess: Educated Guess Vol. 1

Dave Tucker | Mark Sanders | Pat Thomas | Thurston Moore

577 Records

Rating: ★★★

Just two weeks before the initial Covid-19 lockdown was announced last March, guitarist Dave Tucker assembled a small group of...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: May/2021

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