Review of The Dave Pike Set: Live at the Philharmonie

The Dave Pike Set: Live at the Philharmonie

Dave Pike | Johann Anton Rettenbacher | Peter Baumeister | Volker Kriegel

MPS/Promising

Rating: ★★★

When Dave Pike first started amplifying his vibraphone in the early-1960s, during his tenure with flautist Herbie Mann, it must...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2010

Review of The Dave Gisler Trio with Jaimie Branch: Zurich Concert

The Dave Gisler Trio with Jaimie Branch: Zurich Concert

Dave Gisler | Jaimie Branch | Lionel Friedli | Raffaele Bossard

Intakt

Rating: ★★★

For the follow-up to their 2018 debut, Rabbit On The Run, Zurich-based guitarist Dave Gisler's trio present the entirety of...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2021

Review of The Dave Pike Quartet featuring Bill Evans: Pike's Peak

The Dave Pike Quartet featuring Bill Evans: Pike's Peak

Bill Evans | Dave Pike | Herbie Lewis | Walter Perkins

Waxtime In Color

Rating: ★★★

This was self-taught vibraphonist Dave Pike's second album under his own name. The interest today is that the pianist on...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2021

Review of The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Live From The Northwest, 1959

The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Live From The Northwest, 1959

Dave Brubeck | Eugene Wright | Joe Morello | Paul Desmond

Brubeck Editions

Rating: ★★★★★

This is a significant snapshot of the Dave Brubeck Quartet, in excellent fidelity, that numbers among Brubeck’s finest live albums...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2024

Review of Album Interview: The Two Minds Big Band: Dave O'Higgins and Peter Wraight

Album Interview: The Two Minds Big Band: Dave O'Higgins and Peter Wraight

Adam Linsley | Andy Lester | Callum Au | Dave O'Higgins | Gemma Moore | Geoff Gascoyne | Graham Harvey | Graham Russell | Henry Armburg Jennings | Judith O'Higgins

JVG Productions

Rating: ★★★

Well here’s a concept to tickle your imagination. O’Higgins and Wraight have known each other on and off for decades,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2013

Review of Dave Stapleton: Flight

Dave Stapleton: Flight

Burniss Traviss | James Francies | Jeremy Dutton | Joel Ross | Mike Mitchell | Mike Moreno

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★

Flight is an important step in the career of Dave Stapleton and marks a temporary break from his quintet that...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2018

Review of The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Countdown: Time In Outer Space

The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Countdown: Time In Outer Space

Dave Brubeck | Gene Wright | Joe Morello | Paul Desmond

Poll Winners Records

Rating: ★★★★

Six studio albums into his Columbia contract, Dave Brubeck recorded Time Out in June, July and August 1959. It was...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2019

Review of Domancich/Avenel/Goubert featuring Dave Liebman: Free 4

Domancich/Avenel/Goubert featuring Dave Liebman: Free 4

Dave Liebman | Jean-Jacques Avenel | Simon Goubert | Sophia Domancich

Cristal

Rating: ★★★

Simon Goubert and Sophia Domancich made strong impressions when they played at Elton Dean's benefit a few years ago. These...

Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: September/2012

Review of Dave Douglas: Dark Territory

Dave Douglas: Dark Territory

Dave Douglas | Jonathan Maron | Mark Guiliana | Shigeto

Greenleaf Music

Rating: ★★★★

Douglas’ second album from his electronics-fuelled band confirms, as if confirmation were needed, the horn man's extraordinary vocabulary. Dark Territory...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2016

Review of Dave Douglas/Uri Caine/Andrew Cyrille: Devotion

Dave Douglas/Uri Caine/Andrew Cyrille: Devotion

Andrew Cyrille | Dave Douglas | Uri Caine

Greenleaf Music

Rating: ★★★★

A longstanding partnership between trumpeter Dave Douglas and pianist Uri Caine is supplemented by drummer Andrew Cyrille, making for a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2019

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