Pete WoodmanAug 31, 20213 minKeith Tippett & Matthew Bourne - 'Aeolian' (Discus Music - Discus 120CD/DL)***** Martin Archer's Discus Music continues its run of Keith Tippett releases with Aeolian, documenting Keith's collaboration with...
Pete WoodmanAug 29, 20212 minShiver - 'Night School' (New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings - NEWJAiM8) ***** On many occasions I have heard artists take a melody or just an idea and gradually de-construct it; Shiver's new album 'Night...
Pete WoodmanJun 22, 20212 minArchipelago 'Echoes To The Sky' (New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings - NEWJAiM7) **** My first experience of Archipelago was a 15 minute showcase live set which left me with the impression that what I had heard was not...
Pete WoodmanJun 6, 20213 minNew Jazz and Improvised Music RecordingsTélémaque – ‘The King’s Hall Concert’ (NEWJAiM5) ♦♦♦♦ This concert recording – originally billed as the Joe McPhee Trio – from an...
Pete WoodmanMay 31, 20212 minBen Crosland Quintet ‘Solway Stories’ (Jazz Cat Records - JCCD 118) **** Following on from 2 CDs of his arrangements of Ray Davies compositions, composer, arranger and bass guitarist Ben Crosland has just...