Sonny Rollins: Rollins In Holland

Han Bennink | Ruud Jacobs | Sonny Rollins

The colossus has been forced to hang up his horn, but there could be not better way to celebrate his...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/2020

Chris Dave & The Drumhedz

Bilal Oliver | Chris Dave | Isaiah Sharkey | James Poyser | Keyon Harrold | Pino Palladino | Stokley Carmichael

The presence of no fewer than 15 tracks on this long-awaited debut by one of the pivotal drummers in contemporary...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2018

Dave Liebman: Fire

Dave Holland | Dave Liebman | Jack DeJohnette | Kenny Werner

This album makes it impossible not to circle around the well-used cliché about how the texture, taste and bouquet of...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2018

Dave Jones: Unfinished Sentences

Barrie Nathan | Dave Jones | Dave Trigwell | Herbie Flowers | John Piper | Les Cirkel | Mike Harris | Nick Hill | Robin Jones

British pianist Dave Jones recorded this album while studying for a master’s degree at Kingston University in 1999 (with the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2022

Dave Hamblett: Light at Night

Alex Munk | Calum Gourlay | Dave Hamblett | Ivo Neame | Joe Wright | Josh Arcoleo

Some of the brightest young sparks to have come out of jazz classes at the Royal Academy in recent years...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2013

Dave Betts Quintet: These Times

The experienced, Bristol-based Tito Puente influenced percussionistarranger Dave Betts specialises in infectiously funky latin-jazz grooves and his new horn-led ensemble...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2015

Sam Rivers: The Quest

Barry Altschul | Dave Holland | Sam Rivers

Here’s a welcome reissue of one of the seminal entries in Sam Rivers’ voluminous discography.Although the multi-reedist made some wonderful...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2023

Stan Sulzmann/Nikki Iles: Lush Life

Dave Holland | Nikki Iles | Stan Sulzmann

Stan Sulzmann and Nikki Iles showed just how much lyrical imagination, restrained virtuosity and empathy they possess as a sax/...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2020

Soft Machine: Facelift France and Holland

Elton Dean | Hugh Hopper | Lyn Dobson | Mike Ratledge | Robert Wyatt

Phew, not so much a release, as event that will have Softs fans drooling. There are over two hours of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2022

Walter Smith III/Matthew Stevens: In Common III

Dave Holland | Kris Davis | Matthew Stevens | Terri Lyne Carrington | Walter Smith III

This is the third instalment in the In Common project, in which Smith and Stevens assemble a new lineup for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2022