Machine Mass featuring Dave Liebman: INTI

Dave Liebman | Michel Delville | Saba Tewelde | Tony Bianco

Delville and Biano wrote all the material here themselves but, as on their previous album, they are joined by a...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: May/2014

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

Kenny Barron/Dave Holland: The Art of Conversation

Dave Holland | Kenny Barron

These two giants got to the top early, Barron being 19 when he arrived with Gillespie, and Holland coming up...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Album Interview: Dave Holland featuring Evan Parker, Craig Taborn and Ches Smith: Uncharted Territories

Ches Smith | Craig Taborn | Dave Holland | Evan Parker

Released on Holland's own label, Dare2 Records, Unchartered Territories, is the first album under his name to focus almost exclusively...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/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

Zoophyte: Galapagos

Clara Bing | Dave Jones | Graeme Flowers | Peter Jones | Rob Luft | Ross Stanley | Sophie Alloway | Tim Smart | Vasilis Xenopolous | Will Fry

Another victim of Covid lockdowns, the delayed arrival of Galapagos is worth the wait if you’re a fan of Steely...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: December/January/2023/2024

Nat King Cole & The Quincy Jones Big Band: Live in Paris

André ‘Déde’ Ceccarelli | Enrico Pieranunzi | Hein Van De Geyn

This meeting between jazz greats Nat King Cole and Quincy Jones, recorded at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, in 1960, came...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2020

Mimi Jones: Balance

A mix of songs and post-bop originals from an African-American female vocalist-bassist draws inevitable comparisons with Esperanza Spalding, even though...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2014

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