Dave Stryker with Bob Mintzer and the WDR Big Band: Blue Soul

Dave Stryker

The Cologne-based WDR Big Band's tight discipline and springy bounce reflect a long history of tailoring their riffs, shimmers and...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: September/2020

Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas – Sound Prints: Other Worlds

Dave Douglas | Joe Lovano | Joey Baron | Lawrence Fields | Linda May Han Oh

Other Worlds is the third release by the Sound Prints quintet – the A-list postbop ensemble co-led by Joe Lovano...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2021

Dave Liebman + Richie Beirach: Eternal Voices

Dave Liebman | Richie Beirach

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

The Dave Liebman Trio: Lieb Plays the Beatles

Dave Liebman | Eric Ineke | John Ruocco | Marius Beets

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

Dave Douglas: Secular Psalms

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

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

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

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

Gary Smulyan: Smul's Paradise

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

Dave Brubeck Trio featuring Cal Tjader: Complete Recordings

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

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

Dave King Trucking Company: Surrounded by The Night

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

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

Chick Corea | Dave Weckl | John Patitucci

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