Review of Dave Jones: Unfinished Sentences

Dave Jones: Unfinished Sentences

Barrie Nathan | Dave Jones | Dave Trigwell | Herbie Flowers | John Piper | Les Cirkel | Mike Harris | Nick Hill | Robin Jones

Dave Jones Jazz DJT 011

Rating: ★★★

British pianist Dave Jones recorded this album while studying for a master’s degree at Kingston University in 1999 (with the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2022

Review of The Dave Jones Quartet: KeyNotes

The Dave Jones Quartet: KeyNotes

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

self-released

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Hank Jones: !!!

Hank Jones: !!!

George Mraz | Hank Jones | Kenny Washington

Red Records

Rating: ★★★

This live set is apparently a new discovery, by Italy’s revitalised Red label, and no criticism is implied by suggesting...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2023

Review of Michael Feinberg: The Elvin Jones Project

Michael Feinberg: The Elvin Jones Project

Billy Hart | George Garzone | Leo Genovese | Michael Feinberg | Tim Hagans

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★

Michael Feinberg's Elvin Jones project is more of a celebration of the bass players that played with Elvin Jones than...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2012

Review of Chris Dave & The Drumhedz

Chris Dave & The Drumhedz

Bilal Oliver | Chris Dave | Isaiah Sharkey | James Poyser | Keyon Harrold | Pino Palladino | Stokley Carmichael

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★

The presence of no fewer than 15 tracks on this long-awaited debut by one of the pivotal drummers in contemporary...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2018

Review of Jonah Jones: The Unsinkable Jonah Jones

Jonah Jones: The Unsinkable Jonah Jones

Blue Moon

Rating: ★★★

A sequel to the first two Capitol albums by Jones reviewed last month, this is more of the same, plus...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Review of Dave Jones Quartet: Resonance

Dave Jones Quartet: Resonance

Johnny Tomlinson | Kristoffer Wright | Paul Baxter

Hungry Bear Records

Rating: ★★★★

A Port Talbot-based piano quartet with additional horns/strings plays well-crafted tunes with some similarities to young London bassist Will Collier's...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2014

Review of Hank Jones: Have You Met This Jones?

Hank Jones: Have You Met This Jones?

MPS

Rating: ★★★

Recorded by Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer in his house in the Black Forest, where Oscar Peterson often recorded, this gives Hank...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2015

Review of Will Calhoun: Celebrating Elvin Jones

Will Calhoun: Celebrating Elvin Jones

Antoine Roney | Carlos McKinney | Christian McBride | Doudou N'diaye Rose | Jan Hammer | Keyon Harrold | Will Calhoun

Motéma

Rating: ★★★

Elvin Jones' high energy, light touch polyrhythmic rumble came to the fore in John Coltrane's classic quartet, and went on...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Review of Lara Jones: Ensō

Lara Jones: Ensō

Lara Jones

self-released

Rating: ★★★

This solo release has been constructed wholly on saxophonist Lara Jones' experience of travel within a period of her life...

Reviewed by Debra Richards in issue: September/2020

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