Charlie Wood: Lush Life

Dave Holland | Nikki Iles | Stan Sulzmann

Charlie Wood's seventh album Lush Life is his second release on the Memphis-based independent label, Archer Records, following his 2009...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2020

Contraband: Time & Space

Brian Moffatt | Bruce Cale | Charles Orena | David Pritchard | Pete Robinson

With Fontanelle's new album Vitamin F currently making waves, it'd be nice to think the ring modulator is primed for...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2013

Tony Bennett & Dave Brubeck: The White House Sessions, Live

Dave Brubeck | Tony Bennett

While one track from this 1962 Bennett/Brubeck White House summit (‘That Old Black Magic’) had previously been issued on record,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2013

Dave Weckl Band: Transition

Adem Yilmaz | Alexander Inman-Hislop | Elsen Price | Metin Yilmaz | Stuart Vandegraaf | Zela Margossian

Two related reissues from 2000 and 2002 by the Weckl quartet with Steve Weingart, Tom Kennedy and Brandon Fields, both...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Dave Newman: Fathead Comes On

Fathead Newman breaks out from the Ray Charles straightjacket playing fl ute and alto as well as tenor, with Marcus...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014

The Dan Brubeck Quartet: Celebrating the Music and Lyrics of Dave & Iola Brubeck

Not only paying homage to his dad but also his mum Iola, drummer Dan's quartet presents songs from their writing...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2015

Dave Douglas Quintet: Brazen Heart Live at Jazz Standard

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

Douglas has been here before of course, releasing a sequence of live recordings from the Jazz Standard with his band...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2019

Dave Jackson Quartet: Cosmontology

A bebop saxophonist from down under leads a Sydney-New York collaboration the latter being the UK-raised bassist Orlando Le Fleming...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014

Chris Hodgkins & Dave Price: Back In Your Own Backyard

Ashley John Long | Chris Hodgkins | Dave Price | Erika Lyons

Here's Hodgkins newly released from his long-term role as director of Jazz Services and back to doing what he always...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2015

Dave Douglas: DD 50 Special Edition 50th Birthday Recordings

Aoife O'Donovan | Clarence Penn | Dave Douglas | Greg Tardy | Jon Irabagon | Joshua Roseman | Linda Oh | Matt Mitchell | Rudy Royston | Uri Caine

Here's an invite to a fab party. To celebrate 50 years on the planet, Douglas has handsomely boxed three recent...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2014