Jazz Articles about Jake Baldwin

About Jake Baldwin

Album Review

Un jazz a tratti un po' dimesso per quanto elegante, calibrato, è quanto ci arriva da quest'ultimo lavoro del quartetto capitanato dal trombettista Jake Baldwin (qui impegnato anche alla cornetta), nel 2023 abbastanza singolare vincitore di un Grammy per aver contribuito al videogioco Assassin's Creed: Ragnarok. Questo Vanishing Point è il suo terzo album sempre per la Shifting Paradigm Records, facendo seguito a Where You're Planted (2021) e Misc. Items (2023), ed è stato inciso a Minneapolis, dove Baldwin vive, ...

Album Review

Jake Baldwin: Vanishing Point

Read "Vanishing Point" reviewed by Troy Dostert

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 ...

Album Review

Jake Baldwin, Zacc Harris, Pete Henning: Boundaries

Read "Boundaries" reviewed by Kyle Simpler

by Kyle Simpler
June 21, 2024

Some music defies definition. If it fits into a recognizable style, it is not that difficult to describe. When artists step outside traditional boundaries to create a different sound, it frequently becomes one of those “you just have to hear it" moments. Such is the case with Boundaries, the debut release from the trio of trumpeter Jake Baldwin, guitarist Zacc Harris and drummer Pete Hennig. These three musicians are some of the top jazz players in ...