Jazz Articles about Adam Harder-Nussbaum

Jake Baldwin: Vanishing Point

by Troy Dostert
August 8, 2025

Trumpeter Jake Baldwin has been an important presence in the Minneapolis jazz scene since the early 2010s, known especially for a stylistic breadth that can cover the gamut from conventional post-bop fare to rock-inflected fusion. On Vanishing Point, his fourth release for Shifting Paradigm Records, he digs deeper into the latter mode, making good use of a strong band to support a set of infectious, edgy, melody-driven excursions. The album crackles with energy from the outset, as the ...