Review of George Adams: Sound Suggestions

George Adams: Sound Suggestions

Dave Holland | George Adams | Heinz Sauer | Jack DeJohnette | Kenny Wheeler | Richard Beirach

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Not only is this vintage George Adams, from a time when his playing was at its most fluent and inventive,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2019

Review of Dave Douglas Quintet: Time Travel

Dave Douglas Quintet: Time Travel

Dave Douglas | Jon Irabagon | Linda Oh | Matt Mitchell | Rudy Royston

Greenleaf

Rating: ★★★★

If you enjoyed last year's Be Still, then Time Travel should rock your boat because the music comes from the...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2013

Review of Dave Tucker and Pierpaolo Martino: Melophobia

Dave Tucker and Pierpaolo Martino: Melophobia

Dave Tucker | Pierpaolo Martino

Confront

Rating: ★★★

Of all the myriad duo formats in jazz and improvised music, the melding of electric guitar and acoustic double bass...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: February/2023

Review of Kathrine Windfield Big Band: Aircraft

Kathrine Windfield Big Band: Aircraft

Gateway Music

Rating: ★★★

Danish pianist-composer Kathrine Windfield fronts a high-spirited contemporary swinging Euro jazz ensemble with Cannonball Adderley, Dave Holland and Kenny Wheeler...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2016

Review of Dave Liebman and Phil Markowitz: Manhattan Dialogues

Dave Liebman and Phil Markowitz: Manhattan Dialogues

Dave Liebman | Phil Markowitz

Zoho

Rating: ★★★

While the perspicacious Liebman travels the world lecturing, performing and giving master classes, he leaves countless CDs in his wake,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2014

Review of Dave Douglas and Uri Caine: Present Joys

Dave Douglas and Uri Caine: Present Joys

Dave Douglas | Uri Caine

Green Leaf

Rating: ★★★★

With his passing, it's hard not to hold Charlie Haden in mind when listening to this sublime collaboration. Haden and...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2014

Review of Dave Brubeck: Bossa Nova USA

Dave Brubeck: Bossa Nova USA

Dave Brubeck | Gene Wright | Joe Morello | Paul Desmond

State of Art

Rating: ★★★

The classic Brubeck Quartet in 1962 with one of its most acclaimed discs, this is a good value reissue with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2018

Review of The Dave Pike Quartet: Pike's Peak

The Dave Pike Quartet: Pike's Peak

Bill Evans | Dave Pike | Herbie Lewis | Walter Perkins

Epic/Legacy

Rating: ★★★

This is the second album under Pike's own name, and interest in it centres primarily around the fact that the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2016

Review of Yuriy Galkin Nonet: Nine of a Kind

Yuriy Galkin Nonet: Nine of a Kind

Dafydd Williams | Dave Hamblett | Freddie Gavita | George Crowley | Jon Stokes | ohn Turville | Richard Turner | Tamar Osborn | Yuriy Galkin

F-IRE Presents

Rating: ★★★

Since making his home in London first to take up a full scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music in...

Reviewed by in issue: March/2012

Review of Dave Brubeck Quartet: Birdland 1951-52 & Newport 1955

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Birdland 1951-52 & Newport 1955

Bob Bates | Chet Baker | Clifford Brown | Dave Brubeck | Gerry Mulligan | Herb Barman | Joe Dodge | Joe Morello | Max Roach | Paul Desmond

Solar Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is rare and valuable Brubeck; the sessions from Birdland were taken off the air by Boris Rose, who recorded...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2016

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