Dave Bailey: One Foot in the Gutter

Brilliant Clark Terry, outstanding Curtis Fuller and Horace Parlan on fine form in drummer Bailey's all-star sextet. So what's not...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2016

The Dave Brubeck Quartet: The Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1955 – 1966

Bob Bates | Dave Brubeck | Eugene Wright | Joe Benjamin | Joe Dodge | Joe Morello | Norman Bates | Paul Desmond

This is a valuable set, since original vinyl Brubeck albums have been steadily increasing in value for a while now,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2013

The OGJB Quartet: Ode To O

Barry Altschul | Graham Haynes | Joe Fonda | Oliver Lake

There’s no doubting the credentials of these four éminences grises who, between them, have worked with major avant-gardists including Anthony...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2022

Jure Pukl: Doubtless

Gregory Hutchinson | Joe Sanders | Jure Pukl | Melissa Aldana

In his liner note, Jure Pukl's former Berklee teacher Joe Lovano warmly endorses this sophisticated and melodically shapely session, built...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2018

Dave Brubeck: At Newport 1956 and 1959

The classic quartet from 1959 with Dodge and Morello, plus the earlier band from 1956 on a complete carbon copy...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2012

Dave Brubeck: At Pennsylvania State University 1955

The Brubeck/Desmond partnership in live concert, dubbed from a privately produced LP of the event, has some fine music, despite...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2014

Ralph Peterson Fo'Tet Augmented: Alive At Firehouse 12 Vol 2: Fo’ N Mo’

Alexander L.J. Toth | Eguie Castrillo | Felix Peikli | Joseph Doubleday | Ralph Peterson | Steve Wilson

Peterson, a drummer to be mentioned in the same breath as the Tains of this world, has been an impressively...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2014

Harish Raghavan: Calls for Action

Harish Raghavan | Immanuel Wilkins | Joel Ross | Kweku Sumbry | Micah Thomas

Over the previous decade or so, this New York-based Illinois-born bassist has been receiving deserved props for his performances with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2020

Back Door: Back Door/8th Street Nights/Another Fine Mess

Bernie Holland | Colin Hodgkinson | Dave MacRae | Dave Macrae | Felix Pappalardi | Peter Thorup | Ron Asprey | Tony Hicks

Like a wintry blast from their Yorkshire moors lair where much of their music coalesced, Back Door arrived in 1972,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2015

Dave Brubeck: Countdown ’ Time In Outer Space

The classic Desmond/Wright/Morello 1961 version of the quartet continues its time signature experiments with aplomb across 11 original tracks and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2014