Review of Shatner's Bassoon: Disco Erosion

Shatner's Bassoon: Disco Erosion

Craig Scott | Johnny Richards | Joost Hendrickx | Michael Bardon | Oliver Dover

Wasp Millionaire

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Chris Biscoe: Music Is: Chris Biscoe Plays Mike Westbrook

Chris Biscoe: Music Is: Chris Biscoe Plays Mike Westbrook

Chris Biscoe | Dave Whitford | Jon Scott | Kate Williams | Mike Outram

Trio Records

Rating: ★★★★

The only criticism you can have of Chris Biscoe's 50-plus years in jazz is why he's recorded so few projects...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2023

Review of Chris Potter: Got the Keys to the Kingdom - Live at the Village Vanguard

Chris Potter: Got the Keys to the Kingdom - Live at the Village Vanguard

Chris Potter | Craig Taborn | Marcus Gilmore | Scott Colley

Edition Records

Rating: ★★★

There's no such thing as a cursory glance at Chris Potter's discography. Since the early 1990s, the multi-reeds virtuoso has...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2023

Review of David Gibson: End of the Tunnel

David Gibson: End of the Tunnel

David Gfcson | Jared Gold | Julius Tolentino | Quincy Davis

Posi-Tone

Rating: ★★★

Gibson doesn't make that many albums as a leader, but they’re always worth hearing. Tolentino, for many years Illinois Jacquet's...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Review of Adam Fairhall: Friendly Ghosts

Adam Fairhall: Friendly Ghosts

Adam Fairhall

Efpi

Rating: ★★★

Fairhall's title conveys his affection for jazz piano's longest-gone spirits. This follow-up to his similarly themed, live group recording The...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: October/2017

Review of Bushman's Revenge: Et Hån Mot Overklassen

Bushman's Revenge: Et Hån Mot Overklassen

Even Helte Hermansen | Gard Nilssen | Rune Nergaard

Hubro

Rating: ★★★★

Where once rock musicians got it together in the country, this is the sound of instrumental rock being taken apart...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: September/2019

Review of The Lyman Woodard Organization: Saturday Night Special

The Lyman Woodard Organization: Saturday Night Special

Leonard King | Lornezo Brown | Lyman Woodard | Norma Jean Bell | Ron English

Rating: ★★★★

This highly rated collector's item is given a welcome, and therefore affordable, new lease of life on CD. Though originally...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2018

Review of Champian Fulton: Birdsong

Champian Fulton: Birdsong

Champian Fulton

Champian Records

Rating: ★★★

This is Oklahoma-born pianist and vocalist Fulton's second album with Hamilton, building on their first encounter in Spain in 2017,...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2020

Review of Charlie Watts/Danish Radio Big Band: Charlie Watts Meets The Danish Radio Big Band

Charlie Watts/Danish Radio Big Band: Charlie Watts Meets The Danish Radio Big Band

Charlie Watts | Dave Green | Gerard Presencer

Impulse! CD, LP, DL

Rating: ★★★★

Herein lies a tale. When Charlie Watts was talking to Gerard Presencer shortly after the trumpeter landed a job with...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: May/2017

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