Jazz Articles about Ameen Saleem

About Ameen Saleem

Album Review

Dorota Piotrowska & Sound Circle feat. Greg Osby: Voices of Human Consciousness

Read "Voices of Human Consciousness" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
May 15, 2026

La quarantaduenne batterista polacca Dorota Piotrowska riunisce in questo ambizioso album un supergruppo in cui spicca il sax alto di Greg Osby, accanto ad altri strumentisti tutti di livello dal buono in su, che --ciascuno con le proprie specificità--contribuiscono alla riuscita del lavoro, composito, articolato, fra episodi più squisitamente jazzistici e altri in cui i luoghi di provenienza dei musicisti coinvolti (in totale si toccano Stati Uniti, Polonia, Libano, Cuba e Norvegia) assumono il giusto peso. Nel complesso ...

Album Review

Brandon Sanders: Lasting Impression

Read "Lasting Impression" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
December 21, 2025

Brandon Sanders' 2025 release, Lasting Impression, is a heartfelt reaffirmation of the core values that have shaped jazz drumming for generations. Instead of chasing novelty for its own sake, Sanders grounds the album in straightforward clarity that honours the legacy of those countless craftsmen who viewed swing as a personal responsibility. From the opening bars, he demonstrates he is a drummer dedicated to supporting the ensemble and allowing the music to breathe. The stellar band, assembled for this purpose, includes ...

Album Review

Ameen Saleem: The Groove Lab

Read "The Groove Lab" reviewed by Alex Franquelli

by Alex Franquelli
March 8, 2016

Composer Irving Berlin once famously said that “everybody ought to have a Lower East Side in their life." True and, although technically speaking Brooklyn is not part of the octagon that thrives between Houston Street and FRD Drive, the groove, that precious intimate rumble of inspiration, is the one element that connects one area with the other; contemporary music and its multiple historical declinations. While the paradigm differs and keeps on evolving, the end result is invariably of a similar ...