Harry Christelis: Nurture the Child/Challenge the Adult
Andrea Di Biase | Christos Stylianides | Dave Storey | Harry Christelis
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
Educated Guess: Educated Guess Vol. 1
Dave Tucker | Mark Sanders | Pat Thomas | Thurston Moore
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
Ian Shaw: Shine Sister Shine
Barry Green | Dave Ohm | Ian Shaw | Mick Hutton
From the heart-melting, understated delicacy of Gwyneth Herbert’s ‘Not The Kind Of Girl’ to the rambunctious piano-vocal take on Sarah...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018
Paul Dunmall Quintet: The Dreamtime Suite
Dave Kane | Hamid Drake | Paul Dunmall | Percy Pursglove | Steve Tromans
The six sections of Paul Dunmall's The Dreamtime Suite unfold without break from the spritely opening title track to the...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: April/2017
The Darius Brubeck Quartet: Live in Poland
Darius Brubeck | Dave O'Higgins | Matt Ridley | Wesley Gibbens
How often do you come away from a jazz concert wishing it could have been bottled, and later poured out...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020
The Nicola Farnon Quartet: So Farnon – So Good!
Dave Newton | Jim Mullen | Nicola Farnon | Steve Brown
Kicking off with a superb arrangement of Kern and Hammerstein's oft-recorded ‘The Song Is You’, this seventh CD from vocalist,...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2016
Phil Donkin: Walk Alone
Solo jazz/improv bass records are not plentiful - Barre Phillips may have been the first with his seminal 1968 Journal...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: July/2023
Martin Sjöstedt & Stockholm Jazz Orchestra: Horizon
The Stockholm Jazz Orchestra led by Fredrick Norén is one of the prime exhibits on the Stockholm jazz scene for...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2024
Paul Dunmall New Quartet: World Without
Dave Kane | Miles Levin | Paul Dunmall | Steven Saunders
Saxophone warhorse Paul Dunmall has lately been enjoying a purple patch of working with talented younger players – most notably...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2023
Artie Zaitz: The Regulator
Artie Zaitz | Dave Pattman | Fausta Joly | Ross Stanley | Steve Brown
Zaitz flows across the frets with such fluency that it’s almost too easy to file his debut under ‘fun’ but...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2024
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