Dave Liebman/Evan Parker/Tony Bianco: Relevance

Dave Liebman | Evan Parker | Tony Bianco

Dave Liebman's name crops up most frequently in relation to his time with Miles and yet he's done so much...

Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: June/2010

The Dave Jones Quartet: KeyNotes

Ashley John Long | Ben Waghorn | Dave Jones | Lloyd Haines

Cardiff-based pianist and composer Dave Jones has range. He's toured and recorded internationally, from France to India, and his tunes...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2017

The Ray Russell Quartet: Spontaneous Event – Live Vol.1: 1967-69

Alan Rushton | Dave Holland | Pete Lemer | Ray Russell | Ron Fry | Ron Mathewson

For aficionados of British jazz, guitarist Ray Russell is a tantalising if not downright frustrating prospect: a formidable talent who...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2020

Dave Bass: NYC Sessions

A committed if over familiar kind of US straightahead quartet session led by Cincinnati pianist-composer Dave Bass but with the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2015

The Dave Liebman Group: Earth

Alex Ritz | Bobby Avey | Dave Liebman | Matt Vashlishan | Tony Marino

Best known as a bracing (and absorbing) post-Coltrane player (he was actually one of the first), Dave Liebman upturns expectations...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2020

Ray Russell Quartet: The Complete Spontaneous Event: Live 1967-1969

Alan Rushton | Dave Holland | Pete Lemer | Ray Russell | Ron Mathweson | Roy Fry

Until now, one of the best releases on the excellent Jazz In Britain label has been 2020’s Spontaneous Event, containing...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2025

Dave Scott: Brooklyn Aura

The leftfield bassist John Hebert's throbbing lines are at the core of trumpeter-composer Dave Scott's enthralling quintet that also includes...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2016

Kenny Wheeler: Angel Song

Bill Frisell | Dave Holland | Kenny Wheeler | Lee Konitz

Wheeler once told me that the Angel Song album took shape out of a series of discussions he had with...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2024

Sam Rivers: Contrasts

Dave Holland | George Lewis | Sam Rivers | Thurman Barker

The title is not superficial. Indeed in light of other works (Contours, Colors, Hints On Light And Shadow), it captures...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2014

The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Jazz At Oberlin

Dave Brubeck | Lloyd Davis | Paul Desmond | Ron Crotty

In all his extensive discography, Dave Brubeck cited the albums Jazz at Oberlin and Jazz at the College of the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2021