Joe Farrell: Joe Farrell Quartet/Outback/Moon Germs

Airto Moreira | Buster Williams | Chick Corea | Dave Holland | Elvin Jones | Herbie Hancock | Jack DeJohnette | Joe Farrell | John McLaughlin | Stanley Clarke

Joe Farrell is most frequently name-checked as a founding member of Chick Corea's Return to Forever, appearing on the 1972...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2018

Hejira: Live at the Cockpit

Chris Eldred | Dave Jones | Hattie Whitehead | Marc Cecil | Ollie Weston | Pete Oxley | Rick Finlay

As readers will recall from February’s Jazzwise, Hejira are a seven-piece British band dedicated to playing the music of Joni...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: September/2024

Dave Liebman – Steve Dalachinsky: The Fallout Of Dreams

Dave Liebman | Richie Beirach | Steve Dalachinsky

Growing up in 1960s New York, a teenage Steve Dalachinsky caught the beat bug and took up his pen in...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: October/2014

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

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

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

Dave Stryker: Baker's Circle

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

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

Inez Jones: Have you met…

A lovely voice made even more relaxed than usual by the fine guitar of Oscar Moore, this collection is a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton 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

George Russell Sextet/Septet: Complete 1960-1962 Decca & Riverside Album Collection

Al Kiger | Albert Heath | Brian Trentham | Chuck Israels | Dave Young | David Baker | David Lahm | Don Ellis | Eric Dolphy | Garnett Brown

Although he would not have agreed, it may be that Russell was at his most influential during this period. Not...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/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

MJ12

Chris Bacas | David Phelps | Percy Jones | Stephen Jones

Hurrah! Heads up for some heads down, unabashed jazz rock and the devil take the hindmost… Fronted by Percy Jones,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2016