Maya (2011)

"Jazz has room for innovators as well as traditionalists. Very much a hard bop/post-bop traditionalist, David Gibson shows some promise on this debut album. This release is highly derivative, which isn't to say that it isn't enjoyable. A straight-ahead trombonist along the lines of J.J. Johnson, Curtis Fuller, and Kai Winding, Gibson isn't groundbreaking, but shows himself to be a swinging and likable player on original pieces like "Indomitable," "Snide Remarks," and "Big John" (none of which would have been out of place on a Blue Note session in the early '60s). Gibson also turns his attention to "What's New" and "Speak Low," two great standards that have been beaten to death over the years. But thankfully, Gibson doesn't inundate listeners with warhorses on "Maya", which was recorded at two sessions in New York -- one in June 2001, the other on September 9, 2001. All things considered, "Maya" is a generally decent, if conventional debut." (Alex Henderson, Allmusic)