By DAN BILAWSKY | Courtesy of ALL ABOUT JAZZ It’s often tempting for musicians to project limitations onto an instrument, but in truth, the instrument rarely deserves...
It took some effort however the album Sonic Halo by saxophonists Tineke Postma and Greg Osby has eventually been released. Record label Challenge Records has been able to bring...
Dot Time Records | D9031 While pianist Phil Markowitz is well known to the European jazz scene his partner in this new venture, Zach Brock, is new to me. With a little research it...
By JACK BOWERS | Courtesy of All About Jazz Millennium Jazz Orchestra: Safety Zone With the release of its eighth album, Safety Zone, the Millennium Jazz Orchestra from the...
Paul Jost | Breaking Through Dot Time Records In the course of my work as a journalist I receive many CD’s for review, some good, some not so good and some exceptional. Paul...
Ann Burton, in the Netherlands known as the antipode of Rita Reys, has been for years one of the leading jazz vocalists in Europe. Where Rita Reys with great panache and...
After decades as a sideman drummer Eric Ineke started his own group in 2006: The Eric Ineke JazzXpress. With the JazzXpress, Eric is joined by four top Dutch musicians....
The main instrument on ‘Well’, the new cd by OakTree, is the voice. The trio consisting of vocalist Sarah Klenes, cellist Michael Osborne and accordionist Thibault Dill added...
By: BRUCE LINDSAY, | Source : All About Jazz Some musicians appear to conjure their tunes from thin air, others work with raw material furnished by the great composers, still...
By EYAL HAREUVENI | courtesy of ALL ABOUT JAZZ Swedish guitarist Daniel Ögren continues to offer sonic tributes to the landscapes of Sweden. In his past...
By JAKOB BAEKGAARD | courtesy of ALL ABOUT JAZZ Even though it is a small country, Iceland has produced many interesting jazz musicians. Among them, pianists Sunna Gunnlaugs and...