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Christoph Irniger and Marc Perrenoud: New Lines

Read "New Lines" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
May 5, 2026

Christoph Irniger and Marc Perrenoud rank among the most thoughtful voices in Switzerland's contemporary jazz scene. Irniger, trained at the Zurich University of the Arts and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, is best known as leader of the ensemble Pilgrim. Perrenoud, raised in Switzerland, studied at the Geneva Conservatory and the Lausanne jazz school. Although they had known each other for years, the two only began performing together as a duo in 2022--proof, perhaps, that the best musical ...

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Alain Metrailler: Heights Prospection

Read "Heights Prospection" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
April 21, 2026

Who is going to be the next Miles Davis? Or the next John Coltrane? With their two most lauded albums--Kind Of Blue (Columbia, 1959) and A Love Supreme (Impulse, 1966, respectively, the trumpeter and saxophonist (again, respectively) set the bar for top-tier, post-bop jazz ensemble outings. A bar so high it may never be achieved again. But then some strive for that high level of artistic expression. Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko, with a series of albums on ECM Records, gave ...

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Christy Doran's May 95 Sextet: Same But Different

Read "Same But Different" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
October 14, 2025

Curse or blessing? A festival handing a musician carte blanche for a one-off adventure sounds liberating, but the allure of artistic freedom can be tempered by pressure: what if the personalities do not gel? What if it bombs? Christy Doran, the Ireland-born Lucerne-based guitarist, has never been one to dodge a challenge. His entire career has been marked by adventure and innovation. From jazz-rock fusioneers OM in the early '70s to his later groups New Bag, Sound Fountain, ...

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Sol Jang Trio: 19-29

by Neil Duggan
October 7, 2024

Sol Jang is a South Korean pianist and composer based in Arnhem in the Netherlands. She studied classical music in Korea before moving to Philadelphia to pursue her love of jazz. She gained a bachelor's degree at the University of the Arts, followed by a master's degree in the Netherlands. Her group started as the Sol Jang International Project and has now evolved into the Sol Jang Trio. They perform regularly throughout Europe. She has gained widespread recognition: in 2023 ...

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Moritz Stahl: Traumsequenz

Read "Traumsequenz" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
May 28, 2024

Swabian-born saxophonist Moritz Stahl's direct and purposeful debut, Traumsequenz is certainly, as translated, a dream sequence, but its seventeen intimate miniatures could also serve as long-lost themes to long-lost noir TV shows about down-and-out detectives on the case of any moral lassitude. But the true intent of Stahl and his equally goal-oriented bandmates--pianist Julius Windisch, guitarist Philipp Schiepek, bassist Lorenz Heigenhuber, and drummer Leif Berger--is to willfully include the listener as an active participant in the creative process. ...

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Caleb Wheeler Curtis and Laurent Nicoud: Substrate

by Paul Rauch
April 30, 2022

The duo, in jazz or any musical form, is an intimate conversation that requires a large degree of artistic courage. The participants must be willing to expose themselves emotionally as well as musically. It is brutally honest, a practice in individuality within the context of mutual respect and humility. In the case of Swiss pianist Laurent Nicoud and Brooklyn based alto saxophonist Caleb Wheeler Curtis, it is a venture into the musical wilderness without being safely tethered to the efforts ...

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Franco Ambrosetti: Lost Within You

Read "Lost Within You" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
June 26, 2021

Lost Within You is a masterpiece of smoldering passion and beauty ignited by the exquisite trumpet and flugelhorn melodies of Franco Ambrosetti. Ambrosetti assembled an enviable ensemble: bassist Scott Colley and drummer Jack DeJohnette in the rhythm section, plus guitarist John Scofield, and Renee Rosnes and Uri Caine switching turns as pianist. But the star of Lost Within You is Ambrosetti's haunting, delicate and graceful sound, revealed in one masterful ballad after another. “Miles Davis was ...

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Sam Braysher Trio: Dance Little Lady, Dance Little Man

Read "Dance Little Lady, Dance Little Man" reviewed by Thomas Fletcher

by Thomas Fletcher
May 21, 2021

It was back in 2017 when we were first introduced to Sam Braysher with his debut release Golden Earrings (Fresh Sound New Talent), performed alongside pianist, Michael Kanan and featuring a collection of reinterpreted songs from the Great American Songbook. Braysher is now following his own footsteps by releasing a trio album with a similar theme. The London-based alto saxophonist sees himself line up with Catalan percussionist Jorge Rossy, most recognisable for his spell with the Brad Mehldau ...

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Benjamin Koppel: The Ultimate Soul & Jazz Revue

Read "The Ultimate Soul & Jazz Revue" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
April 21, 2021

Listen to music long enough, and it's almost bound to happen: You're not sure exactly what you want to listen to, but you know that whatever you listen to needs must bump and groove. The Ultimate Soul & Jazz Revue, an anthology of American jazz, soul and R&B recorded live at a Copenhagen music festival by Danish saxophonist Benjamin Koppel and his big band, is some first-rate scratch for that itch. Ultimate Soul & Jazz neatly packages Koppel's ...

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Franco Ambrosetti: Lost Within You

Read "Lost Within You" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
March 26, 2021

The Franco Ambrosetti Band Band's Lost Within You is a supremely unassuming listening experience. An all-star band helps the trumpeter composer conjure a sensuous mood that only grows progressively engrossing over the course of the seventy-plus minutes playing time of the album. The seductive sensation is an inexorable process that commences with the very first cut. The second-longest track on the record next to “Body and Soul," Horace Silver's “Peace" features drummer Jack DeJohnette at the piano and ...