Jazz Articles about Bruce Lofgren

About Bruce Lofgren

Album Review

Bruce Lofgren: Earthly and Cosmic Tales

Read "Earthly and Cosmic Tales" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
September 30, 2024

Long-time fans of SoCal guitarist and arranger Bruce Lofgren are going to find this recording something of a departure. More akin to a chamber group than Lofgren's past forays into standards and big band jazz, the characterization of the recording as “instrumental adventures" is really quite apt. Clarinet, cello, bass, vibes and percussion are what Lofgren brings to the table, And a tuneful, melodious and largely joyful recording it is, with a mix of originals and covers that are equal ...

Album Review

Bruce Lofgren's Jazz Pirates: Wind and Sand

Read "Wind and Sand" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
October 3, 2015

Batten the hatches and shiver the timbers--guitarist Bruce Lofgren's Los Angeles-based Jazz Pirates are climbing aboard with their fourth album for Night Bird Records and Lofgren's eighth as leader of his own ensemble. While these buccaneers aren't really after gold or silver (although a little of that wouldn't hurt), they do fancy that some of their captain's musical broadsides on Wind and Sand may strike their target and inflame some hearts. Lofgren charts a steady course, weighing ...