Dave O'Higgins & Eric Alexander: The Devil's Interval

Alexander | Andrew McCormack | Dave O'Higgins | Geoff Gascoyne | Kristian Leth

Two-tenor-sax quartets are an old-established part of the postbop landscape, but less so when its co-leaders come from different sides...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: June/2011

Peter Jones: Utopia

This follow-up to his 2013 debut One Way Ticket To Palookaville sees vocalist Peter Jones pick up where he left...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2015

Lee Jones: Songs From The 13th Hour

Alex Steele | Andrew Shillingford | Ben Thomas | Jean Toussaint | Larry Coryell | Lee Jones | Rab Handleigh | Ric Sander | Simon Tittley | Troy Miller

I hope it doesn’t sound insulting if I say that Shropshire guitarist Lee Jones’s second album as leader is above...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2011

Elvin Jones Jazz Machine: Remembrance

Jessica Radcliffe | Joe Downard | Mark Lockheart | Sam James | Tom Dennis | Will Glaser

The short crisp press roll that sets up the opening track stamps Remembrance as an Elvin Jones album right from...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: April/2019

Carmell Jones: Quartet

This is a new release of material originally recorded in 1960 as Jones made his West Coast debut, and is...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Joe Armon-Jones: Turn To Clear View

Asheber | Jehst | Obongjayar | David Mrakpor | Dylan Jones | Georgia Anne Muldrow | James Mollison | Joe Armon-Jones | KwAkE BaSs | Luke Newman

Fans of Ezra Collective and Nubya Garcia will be familiar with Joe Armon-Jones soulful keyboard playing, but his second album...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Dave Liebman: Live At Smalls

Dave Liebman | John Hébert | Leo Genovese | Peter Evans | Tyshawn Sorey

It's often said that truly free music shouldn't necessarily preclude the possibility of playing in time. Or, put another way,...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2023

Dave Storey Trio: Circeo

Conor Chaplin | Dave Storey | James Allsopp

Dave Storey’s trio returns for a third album on the heels of 2019’s successful Bosco, comprising a set of recordings...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: June/2023

Dave Douglas: Be Still

Aoife O'Donovan | Dave Douglas | Jon Irabagon | Linda Oh | Matt Mitchell | Rudy Royston

At first listen, this is a curious departure for Douglas. It is predominantly tonal, melodic, strongly lyric-based, and with a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2012

Dave Bryant: Night Visitors

Charnett Moffett | Dave Bryant | Gregg Bendian

Since Ornette Coleman's radical agenda included setting jazz free from harmonic constraints, he rarely went in for hiring keyboardists. Dave...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020