Review of Dave O'Higgins Trio + Max Ionata: Tenors Of Our Time

Dave O'Higgins Trio + Max Ionata: Tenors Of Our Time

Dave O'Higgins | Luca Santaniello | Max Ionata | Ross Stanley

Albore Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

O’Higgins is, of course, no stranger to the double tenor frontline: his two outings with Eric Alexander were formidable, with...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2019

Review of Dave Jones Quartet: Resonance

Dave Jones Quartet: Resonance

Johnny Tomlinson | Kristoffer Wright | Paul Baxter

Hungry Bear Records

Rating: ★★★★

A Port Talbot-based piano quartet with additional horns/strings plays well-crafted tunes with some similarities to young London bassist Will Collier's...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2014

Review of Dave Stryker: Baker's Circle

Dave Stryker: Baker's Circle

David Stryker | Jared Gold | Mayra Casales | Mclenty Hunter | Walter Smith III

Strikezone Records

Rating: ★★★

Stryker's clean lines and mastery of the groove fitted perfectly with his long-time boss Stanley Turrentine's soulful sax. So it's...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2021

Review of Contraband: Time & Space

Contraband: Time & Space

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

Epic 1971

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

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

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

Dave Brubeck | Tony Bennett

1962 Sony

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Dave Newman: Fathead Comes On

Dave Newman: Fathead Comes On

Atlantic

Rating: ★★★

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

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

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

Blue Forest Records

Rating: ★★

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

Review of Dave Douglas Quintet: Brazen Heart Live at Jazz Standard

Dave Douglas Quintet: Brazen Heart Live at Jazz Standard

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

Greenleaf

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Dave Jackson Quartet: Cosmontology

Dave Jackson Quartet: Cosmontology

davejacksonmusic.com

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Dave Weckl Band: Transition

Dave Weckl Band: Transition

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

Jazz Village

Rating: ★★★

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

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