Dave Brubeck Quartet: Debut in the Netherlands 1958

Dave Brubeck | Gene Wright | Joe Morello | Paul Desmond

The year 1958 was a big one for the Dave Brubeck Quartet. A tour of Europe was immediately followed by...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2023

Dave Wilson: Stretching Supreme

Recorded live at Chris' Jazz Café in Philadelphia, this multi-reedsman isn’t the first and won’t be the last to pay...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2022

Hank Jones: Complete Original Trio Recordings

Actually Jones’ complete 1950s trio work (there was more later) the bulk of tracks are by a fine group with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2012

Dave Pike: Four Album Classics

Barry Harris | Bill Evans | Billy Higgins | Clark Terry | Dave Pike | George Duvivier | Kenny Burrell | Ray Baretto | Reggie Workman | Rudy Collins

Vibist Dave Pike began his career on the West Coast during the 1950s, working with the likes of Elmo Hope,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2017

Hank Jones: Four Classic Albums

Jones had such a long and rewarding career, consistently praised until his death in 2010, that it's instructive to go...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020

Dave Brubeck: Brubeck Plays Bernstein

A curate's egg this — five Bernstein songs elegantly played by the quartet, a ponderous symphonic work by Dave's brother...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2015

Corey Mwamba/Dave Kane/Joshua Blackmore: Don't Overthink It

Corey Mwamba | Dave Kane | Joshua Blackmore

This trio of British forward-thinkers has already made several albums' worth of live gig recordings available (much of it for...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2013

The Dave Pike Set: Live at the Philharmonie

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

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

The Dave Gisler Trio with Jaimie Branch: Zurich Concert

Dave Gisler | Jaimie Branch | Lionel Friedli | Raffaele Bossard

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

Paul Riley Quintet: Into View

Ant Law | Dave Hamblett | Matt Ridley | Mitch Jones | Paul Riley

Having graduated from Trinity College in 2007, the alto and soprano saxophonist/composer Paul Riley's debut features a quintet that he...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2015