Review of The Dave Liebman Trio: Lieb Plays the Beatles

The Dave Liebman Trio: Lieb Plays the Beatles

Dave Liebman | Eric Ineke | John Ruocco | Marius Beets

Daybreak

Rating: ★★★

Dave Liebman is one of jazz’s great instrumentalists. He is also one of jazz great clinicians, educators and inspirational figures....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2013

Review of Gary Smulyan: Smul's Paradise

Gary Smulyan: Smul's Paradise

Capri

Rating: ★★★

Ex-Woody Herman/Dave Holland baritone sax specialist in combination with an organ trio here plays consummate straightahead....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Review of Dave Liebman + Richie Beirach: Eternal Voices

Dave Liebman + Richie Beirach: Eternal Voices

Dave Liebman | Richie Beirach

Jazzline

Rating: ★★★★

Liebman and Beirach's musical association dates back to the 1970s and the band Quest, which provided the perfect vehicle for...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2019

Review of Dave Douglas: Secular Psalms

Dave Douglas: Secular Psalms

Berlinde Denman | Dave Douglas | Frederick Leroux | Lander Gyselinck | Marta Warelis | Tomeka Reid

Greenleaf Music

Rating: ★★★

Secular Psalms evolved from a commission to celebrate the 600th anniversary of Jan and Hubert van Eyck’s painting The Adoration...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2022

Review of Joe Farrell: Joe Farrell Quartet/Outback/Moon Germs

Joe Farrell: Joe Farrell Quartet/Outback/Moon Germs

Airto Moreira | Buster Williams | Chick Corea | Dave Holland | Elvin Jones | Herbie Hancock | Jack DeJohnette | Joe Farrell | John McLaughlin | Stanley Clarke

BGO Records

Rating: ★★★★

Joe Farrell is most frequently name-checked as a founding member of Chick Corea's Return to Forever, appearing on the 1972...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2018

Review of Dave King Trucking Company: Surrounded by The Night

Dave King Trucking Company: Surrounded by The Night

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★

Drummer Dave King's love of singer-songwriter/rock music is well documented from his work in The Bad Plus and the same...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2016

Review of Dave Young/Terry Promane: Octet Vol. 2

Dave Young/Terry Promane: Octet Vol. 2

University of Toronto

Rating: ★★

This cool-school Canadian octet, led by experienced bassist Dave Young and trombonist Terry Promane, offer easy going interpretations of tunes...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Review of Dave Brubeck Quartet: At the Sunset Center, Carmel 1955

Dave Brubeck Quartet: At the Sunset Center, Carmel 1955

Bob Bates | Dave Brubeck | Joe Dodge | Paul Desmond

Solar Records

Rating: ★★★★

The release of this CD presents, for the first time ever, the complete concert by the Dave Brubeck Quartet at...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2017

Review of Dave Brubeck Trio featuring Cal Tjader: Complete Recordings

Dave Brubeck Trio featuring Cal Tjader: Complete Recordings

Al Harewood | Art Taylor | George Tucker | Grant Green | Horace Parlan | Paul Chambers | Stanley Turrentine | Tommy Flanagan

Groove

Rating: ★★★★

This is a welcome reissue and that makes you wonder why no-one had thought of doing it before. This is...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2018

Review of Chick Corea Akoustic Band with John Patitucci & Dave Weckl: Live

Chick Corea Akoustic Band with John Patitucci & Dave Weckl: Live

Chick Corea | Dave Weckl | John Patitucci

Editor's Choice

Concord Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

This album was already in the works at the time of Corea’s sudden and unexpected death on 9 February 2021....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: December/January/2021/2022

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