Judith & Dave O'Higgins Present: The Abstract Truth Big Band

Adrian Hallowell | Alistair White | Andy Greenwood | Chris Allard | Dave O'Higgins | Geoff Gascoyne | Graham Harvey | Henry Armburg Jennings | Howard McGill | Judith O'Higgins

Oliver Nelson's aptly titled 1961 album The Blues and the Abstract Truth is such a perfectly-tuned iconic statement that it...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2015

Joe Farrell: Joe Farrell Quartet

Chick Corea | Dave Holland | Jack DeJohnette | Jack Dejohnette | Joe Farrell | John McLaughlin

Re-releases of rare bona fide jazz classics don’t come around too often, so when they do grab them. This album...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2013

Michael Dease: Coming Home

This 30-year-old Wycliffe Gordon-mentored ’bonist has a quintet of Christian McBride (Dease plays in his big band), performing a post-bop...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out Stereo and Mono Versions

Dave Brubeck | Eugene Wright | Joe Morello | Paul Desmond

The recent release of Atlantic box-set John Coltrane Mono was a significant response to the many listeners who now feel...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2016

Joe Henderson: Multiple

Arthur Jenkins | Dave Holland | Jack DeJohnette | James ‘Blood’ Ulmer | Joe Henderson | John Thomas | Larry Willis

Joe Henderson made many albums over his long and storied career, but there are two that I return to again...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: May/2025

The Trio: Incantation: The Dawn Recordings 1970-1971

Alan Skidmore | Barre Phillips | Chick Corea | Dave Holland | Harry Beckett | John Marshall | John Surman | John Taylor | Kenny Wheeler | Malcolm Griffi ths

John Surman was in his headlong 20s when these sessions were recorded by the collective threesome known simply as The...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2018

Dave O'Higgins: It's Always 9.30 In Zog

Dave O'Higgins | Geoff Gascoyne | Graham Harvey | Sebastiaan de Krom

The saxophonist points out in his brief liner note that this has been his regular working group for the last...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: October/2017

Dave Liebman Expansions: Selflessness: The Music of John Coltrane

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

Liebman first saw John Coltrane live at the age of 15: “Once you see the light, you can never turn...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2021

The Dave Stryker Trio with Bob Mintzer: Groove Street

Bob Mintzer | Dave Stryker | Jared Gold | McClenty Hunter

Mintzer and Stryker may sound like a pair of bully dogs, but they are long time pals, with Stryker first...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2024

Dave Douglas Quintet: Songs of Ascent

Dave Douglas | Jon Irabagon | Linda May Han Oh | Matt Mitchell | Rudy Royston

Curiously packaged in that the first part of the release, Book 1: Degrees is a universal release, while Book 2:...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2022