The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Jazz Impressions of the USA

Benny Goodman | Bobby Hackett | Dave Brubeck | Eugene Wright | Joe Dodge | Joe Morello | Joe Morelloe | Norman Bates | Paul Desmond

Jazz Impressions of the USA was Brubeck’s second studio session for Columbia, recorded November 1956 (albeit ‘Home at Last’, the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2013

Miles Davis: The Lost Quintet

Chick Corea | Dave Holland | Jack DeJohnette | Miles Davis | Wayne Shorter

This performance, by what has come to be known as Davis' ‘Lost Quintet’, was taken from his Autumn 1969 tour...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2019

Charlie Wood: Lush Life

Dave Holland | Nikki Iles | Stan Sulzmann

Charlie Wood's seventh album Lush Life is his second release on the Memphis-based independent label, Archer Records, following his 2009...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2020

Anouar Brahem: After the Last Sky

Anja Lechner | Anouar Brahem | Dave Holland | Django Bates

Brahem began this project before the horrors of Gaza unfolded. But it remains a powerful response to the tragedy of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2025

Sachal Studios Orchestra: Jazz and All That In Memory of Dave Brubeck

Ballu Khan | Derek Watkins | John Parracelli | Nafees Ahmed Khan | Najaf Ali | Rafiq Ahmed

The Sachal Studios Orchestra comprises musicians from Pakistan playing traditional instruments plus three cellos and three desks of violins. It...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Devin Gray/Ellery Eskelin/Dave Ballou/Michael Formanek: Dirgo Rataplan

Dave Ballou | Devin Gray | Ellery Eskelin | Michael Formanek

Although just 28-yearsold, Gray is mature enough to see himself as a “musician-drummer rather than a drummer-drummer”, and in this...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2012

Dave Meder: Unamuno Songs & Stories

The 31-year-old pianist-composer Meder draws on a broad range of influences from classical, ragtime, modernism from Monk to Shearing through...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2022

Dave Pell: Four Classic Albums

The tenorist has already got one such collection on Avid and this adds to the set with two sessions from...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Dave Stryker: Eight Track III

This guitarist's working B-3 trio joins forces with vibraphonist Stefon Harris for a greasy zero-angst MOR workout on some 1970s...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2019

Steven Nichols: From Dust

Amund Kleppan | Charlie Rees | John Jones | Reuben Goldmark | Steven Nichols

You may not have heard of trumpeter Steven Nichols, but his pedigree speaks for itself: he has studied and performed...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: September/2024