Reviews
Jan Lundgren: The Ystad Concert: A Tribute to Jan Johansson
Prior to his death in a car crash in 1968, Jan Johansson had established himself as one of the fathers...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
Danielsson/Neset/Lund: Sun Blowing
Morten Lund | Marius Neset | Lars Danielsson
One of Sweden’s leading contemporary jazz acoustic bassists Lars Danielsson lines up here alongside the excellent Stefano Bollani trio Danish...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
Michael Wollny Trio: In Concert: Klangspuren
Michael Wollny | Christian Weber | Eric Schaefer
Wollny's growth as an artist on record has been fascinating to follow and while not all his projects have yielded...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
Tonbruket: Forevergreens
Dan Berglund's post-prog ensemble Tonbruket have established their signature of spacey atmospherics and sonic effects-inflected minimalist prog over two recordings...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
Joachim Kühn New Trio: Beauty & Truth
Chris Jennings | Joachim Kühn | Eric Schaefer
This absorbing album by German jazz great Joachim Kühn introduces a new trio with musicians half his age – Chris...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
Nils Landgren with Janis Siegel: Some Other Time: A Tribute to Leonard Bernstein
Wolfgang Haffner | Dieter Ilg | Nils Landgren | Jan Lundgren | Bochumer Symphoniker | Janis Siegel
Landgren may have cornered the market on Scandinavian funk, but his excursions into The Great American Songbook are more enjoyable....
Reviewed in issue April/2016
Paolo Fresu/Richard Galliano/Jan Lundgren: Mare Nostrum II
Jan Lundgren | Paolo Fresu | Richard Galliano
The rare combination of trumpet- accordion-piano worked handsomely on Mare Nostrum back in 2007, and it works just as well...
Reviewed in issue April/2016
Album Interview: Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic V: Lost Hero – Tears for Esbjorn
Morten Lund | Lars Danielsson | Ulf Wakenius | Iiro Rantala | Viktoria Tolstoy
Too often tribute concerts can end up like syrup poured on old pancakes. Not so this one, with a band...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
Kalle Kalima: High Noon
Max Andrzejewski | Greg Cohen | Kalle Kalima
Happy to say that the music on the upcoming young guitarist Kalle Kalima’s new album High Noon for the German...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
Frank Woeste: Pocket Rhapsody
Born in Germany in 1976, Woeste has long been celebrated in France where he’s lived since 1997 with his French...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
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