Jazz Articles about Erik Soderlind

About Erik Soderlind

Album Review

The New York All-Stars: Live Encounter

Read "Live Encounter" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
March 11, 2020

Some things live forever and take-no-quarter hard bop is one of them... If you time travelled back to New York City circa 1958 and wandered into the Half Note or Five Spot, Live Encounter contains the sort of music you might have heard. Tough, emotionally-rich jazz with no-fuss head arrangements, extrovert horn solos and a propulsive rhythm section. The album, recorded at London's Pizza Express Jazz Club in 2018, will appeal to anyone who keeps their Hank Mobley and Tina ...

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Album Review

Erik Soderlind: Twist For Jimmy Smith

Read "Twist For Jimmy Smith" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey
May 13, 2009

Erik Söderlind is a young man in no particular hurry. Not yet 30, he plays jazz guitar with supreme assurance, and on his debut album Twist For Jimmy Smith, he has put together a lovely, leisurely paced, always swinging collection of standards and originals that deserves worldwide recognition. Of course, he's unlikely to get it. We live in a world obsessed with image, a world that all too often mistakes image for the real thing. As the video link that ...