Gado Quartet with Dave Liebman: Umgrund BMC

Live in Budapest, the Hungarian guitarist Gado mixes up maverick bop, jazz rock and free collective interaction while guest Dave...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Art Themen/Dave Barry Quartet: Hanky Panky

Art Themen | Dave Barry | Dave Green | Gareth Williams

Barry says a session was cancelled so instead he corralled Themen, Williams and Green, all of whom were available at...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2022

Dave Douglas: Engage

Anna Webber | Dave Douglas | David Adewumi | Jeff Parker | Kate Gentile | Nick Dunston | Riley Mulherka | Tomeka Reid

It’s Douglas’ gift that his music is not compromised by his politics or vice versa. The music expresses the politics,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2020

Louis Armstrong and Dave Brubeck: The Real Ambassadors

The weakness here is the material a musical by Dave and Iola Brubeck, which had one public performance and commemorated...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2018

Dave Sear: I Always Thought My Thoughts Were Me

Dave Sear | Elliott Samson | James Owston | Jim Bashford | Percy Pursglove

The opening track of trombonist Dave Sear’s debut album pretty much sets out his wares: 'Reservoir Retreat'’s tightly-written meandering unison...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: November/2022

Elvin Jones: The Quintessence 1956-1962

Art Davis | Barry Harris | Bobby Jaspar | Elvin Jones | Frank Foster | Frank Wess | Freddie Hubbard | Gil Evans | Hank Jones | John Coltrane

The French series covers major figures by excerpting their work from a large number of albums and, since Elvin did...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2017

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time OutTakes: Previously Unreleased Takes from the Original 1959 Sessions

Dave Brubeck | Gene Wright | Joe Morello | Paul Desmond

Time Out, lest anybody needs reminding, was the first platinum-selling album in jazz, and the 45 rpm single from it,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: December/2020

Nat King Cole and Quincy Jones: Live in Zurich 1960

Long bootlegged, this is the first ‘official’ release of Cole's broadcast with the Jones orchestra in 1960, and with great...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2013

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 Douglas: Overcome

Camila Meza | Dave Douglas | Fay Victor | Jorge Roeder | Rudy Royston | Ryan Keberle

Douglas' comittment to both witness the democratic struggles of the USA and be an agent of change through music's power...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2021