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Michael Lutzeier: Music 4 Food
by Jack Bowers
I first heard baritone saxophonist Michael Lutzeier with Al Porcino's N'rnberg-based big band (Live!, Organic Music 9717) and was impressed enough to track down a copy of this quartet date on which he's the leader, recorded three years ago for Alfred Mangold's generally excellent Jazz4Ever label. Young Lutzeier (he recently turned 35 but looks in photographs to be at least ten years younger) is as impressive as I'd remembered, able to blow hot, cool or any temperature in between at ...
read moreThe Rainer Tempel Big Band: Melodies of '98
by Jack Bowers
It’s always a pleasure to hear another world–class big band, especially one from overseas. This is our third encounter with Rainer Tempel’s 18–member ensemble which proves beyond any reasonable doubt on Melodies of ’98 that it can hold its own in any company. Brass, reeds and rhythm are robust and incisive, soloists as keen and resourceful as any you’re likely to hear. Technique, of course, is only half the equation; the other half is personality, and what set the band ...
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