MJ12

Chris Bacas | David Phelps | Percy Jones | Stephen Jones

Hurrah! Heads up for some heads down, unabashed jazz rock and the devil take the hindmost… Fronted by Percy Jones,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2016

The Dan Brubeck Quartet: Celebrating the Music and Lyrics of Dave & Iola Brubeck

Not only paying homage to his dad but also his mum Iola, drummer Dan's quartet presents songs from their writing...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2015

Dave Jackson Quartet: Cosmontology

A bebop saxophonist from down under leads a Sydney-New York collaboration the latter being the UK-raised bassist Orlando Le Fleming...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014

Dave Douglas Quintet: Brazen Heart Live at Jazz Standard

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

Douglas has been here before of course, releasing a sequence of live recordings from the Jazz Standard with his band...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2019

Dave Weckl Band: Transition

Adem Yilmaz | Alexander Inman-Hislop | Elsen Price | Metin Yilmaz | Stuart Vandegraaf | Zela Margossian

Two related reissues from 2000 and 2002 by the Weckl quartet with Steve Weingart, Tom Kennedy and Brandon Fields, both...

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

Sarah Vaughan/Quincy Jones: Misty

Originally out as Vaughan and Violins, these orchestral charts are by Q during his Paris sojourn, studying with Nadia Boulanger,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2017

Reid Anderson/Dave King/Craig Taborn: Golden Valley Is Now

Craig Taborn | Dave King | Reid Anderson

The title refers to a city on the outskirts of Minneapolis, where all three of the musicians grew up and...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Dave Douglas: Uplift: Twelve Pieces for Positive Action

Bill Laswell | Dave Douglas | Ian Chang | Joe Lovano | Julian Lage | Mary Halvorson

Last year Douglas and pals released an album a month, each with a different theme: voting rights, racial equality, women’s...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2019

Dave Douglas: DD 50 Special Edition 50th Birthday Recordings

Aoife O'Donovan | Clarence Penn | Dave Douglas | Greg Tardy | Jon Irabagon | Joshua Roseman | Linda Oh | Matt Mitchell | Rudy Royston | Uri Caine

Here's an invite to a fab party. To celebrate 50 years on the planet, Douglas has handsomely boxed three recent...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2014

Dave Stryker: Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies

Dave Stryker | Greg Ward | Jeremy Allen | Jim Pugh | Mark Buseli | McLenty Hunter | Mclenty Hunter | Sara Caswell | Xavier Davis

Stryker returns with a nostalgic meander through some of cinema’s best loved themes. Moreover, he’s employed strings to beef up...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2025