Dave O'Higgins: It's Always 9.30 In Zog

Dave O'Higgins | Geoff Gascoyne | Graham Harvey | Sebastiaan de Krom

The saxophonist points out in his brief liner note that this has been his regular working group for the last...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: October/2017

Joe Farrell: Joe Farrell Quartet

Chick Corea | Dave Holland | Jack DeJohnette | Jack Dejohnette | Joe Farrell | John McLaughlin

Re-releases of rare bona fide jazz classics don’t come around too often, so when they do grab them. This album...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2013

The Trio: Incantation: The Dawn Recordings 1970-1971

Alan Skidmore | Barre Phillips | Chick Corea | Dave Holland | Harry Beckett | John Marshall | John Surman | John Taylor | Kenny Wheeler | Malcolm Griffi ths

John Surman was in his headlong 20s when these sessions were recorded by the collective threesome known simply as The...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2018

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Gone With The Wind

Dave Brubeck | Eugene Wright | Joe Morello | Paul Desmond

Two albums for the price of one here, with the title session from 1959 combined with the highly-regarded Time Further...

Reviewed by Peter Vachre in issue: August/2018

Dave Douglas Quintet: Songs of Ascent

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

Curiously packaged in that the first part of the release, Book 1: Degrees is a universal release, while Book 2:...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2022

Dave Liebman Expansions: Selflessness: The Music of John Coltrane

Alex Ritz | Bobby Avey | Dave Liebman | Matt Vashlishan | Tony Mariono

Liebman first saw John Coltrane live at the age of 15: “Once you see the light, you can never turn...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2021

The Dave Stryker Trio with Bob Mintzer: Groove Street

Bob Mintzer | Dave Stryker | Jared Gold | McClenty Hunter

Mintzer and Stryker may sound like a pair of bully dogs, but they are long time pals, with Stryker first...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2024

Dave Stryker: Eight Track

In 1975 this NYC-based guitarist was listening to plenty of pop (as well as jazz) on his eight-track tape player...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014

Dave Stryker: As We Are

Benni von Gutzeit | Benni Von Gutzeit | Brian Blade | Dave Stryker | John Patitucci | Julian Shore | Marika Hughes | Monica K Davis | Sara Caswell

Following his well received Baker’s Dozen, the mellifluous guitar man strikes out (someone had to say it) in a new...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2022

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Their Last Time Out

Dave Brubeck | Eugene Wright | Joe Morello | Paul Desmond

The album title says it all. At the end of 1966, Brubeck had advised the quartet that he would be...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2012