Kenny Wheeler/John Dankworth Orchestra: Windmill Tilter (The Story Of Don Quixote)

Alan Branscombe | Alf Reece | Bob Cornford | Chris Pyne | Dave Holland | Derek Watkins | Dick Hart | Henry Lowther | Henry Shaw | John McLaughlin

Kenny Wheeler, the inimitable Canadian trumpet maestro and quiet legend of post-1960s jazz composition, had been playing all kinds of...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2021

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

Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Sound Prints: Scandal

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

There's something of Coleman Hawkins about Lovano: like the Hawk, he can swing and sing and mainline the blues in...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2018

Roger Kellaway/Eddie Daniels: Duke At The Roundhouse - Live In Santa Fé

Eddie Daniels | James Holland | Roger Kellaway

The latest in the series of Kellaway and Daniels duo albums stems from a benefit concert set up to feature...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2013

Dave O'Higgins: Standards

Billy Higgins | Cedar Walton | Pat Senatore

Sometimes you just need a hit to the soul: and O'Higgins delivers in spades with a collection that is just...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2017

Sam Rivers Quintet: Zenith

Barry Altschul | Charlie Persip | Dave Holland | Joe Daley | Sam Rivers

Rivers’ Emanation was one of the reissues of 2019. Thankfully the label behind it, NoBusiness, is back in business with...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2020

Dave Gisler Trio: See You Out There

Dave Gisler | David Murray | Jaimie Branch | Lionel Friedli | Raffaele Bossard

Three releases, all featuring trumpeter-composer Jaimie Branch, and all given extra – and unwelcome – piquancy by her sudden death...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2022

Dave Mooney and the Hope of Home Band: Live at National Sawdust

Recorded Live in Brooklyn, guitarist Dave Mooney keeps good company with a contemporary quintet featuring drummer Brian Blade, but throughout...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020

Dave Pietro: Hypersphere

Saxophonist Pietro heads a good quality large ensemble (that includes pianist Gary Versace and trumpeter Alex Sipiagin) through an airily...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2020