Review of Tara Minton and Ed Babar: Two For The Road

Tara Minton and Ed Babar: Two For The Road

Ed Babar | Lilia Iontcheva | Stan Sulzmann | Tara Minton

Jazzizit

Rating: ★★★★

This fine duo album from Australian harpist/vocalist Tara Minton and London bassist Ed Babar celebrates a long-standing musical collaboration. Penned...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2022

Review of Bill Stewart: Space Squid

Bill Stewart: Space Squid

Ben Street | Bill Carrothers | Bill Stewart | Seamus Blake

Pirouet

Rating: ★★★

Bill Stewart’s classy mix of supple brushwork, strong pulse and polyrhythmic rumble has made him drummer of choice for the...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2016

Review of Claire Martin/Ray Gelato: We’ve Got A World That Swings

Claire Martin/Ray Gelato: We’ve Got A World That Swings

Claire Martin | Dave Newton | Dave Whitford | Ray Gelato | Sebastian De Krom | Sebastian de Krom

Linn Records

Rating: ★★★★

Dedicated to the memory of Mark Murphy, this 13-track collection of swing, R&B and jazz standards from Martin and Gelato...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2016

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 Big Screen: Take One

Big Screen: Take One

Dave Newton | Matt Skelton | Tom Farmer

Linn

Rating: ★★★

It's funny how an unapologetically glossy traditional piano trio take on popular TV and film themes can start to sound...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2015

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 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

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