Jazz Articles about Martin Harms

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Barbara Bruckmüller Jazz Orchestra, feat. Aruán Ortiz: A Chain of Moments

Read "A Chain of Moments" reviewed by Artur Moral

by Artur Moral
May 1, 2025

Julio Cortázar's Rayuela (1963), Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves (2000) and Chris Ware's Building Stories (2012) are novels--both written and graphic--that stand out, not just for their literary merit, but also for the various ways readers can engage with them. A similar phenomenon occurs on the listening level with A Chain Of Moments: Suite in Five Movements, the ambitious project by Vienna-born pianist, composer and bandleader Barbara Bruckmüller. This was likely not her original intention when, years ...

Album Review

Tobias Hoffmann Jazz Orchestra: Innuendo

by Jack Bowers
December 24, 2024

Although German-born maestro Tobias Hoffmann can readily lay claim to a pair of music-inspired hats, he wears only one of them--that of composer and arranger--on the Tobias Hoffmann Jazz Orchestra's second recording, Innuendo, while placing the other (that of eloquent tenor saxophonist) in the capable hands of the ensemble's dynamic duo, Robert Unterkofler and Martin Harms. That proves to be a wise decision, as Harms shines brightly on “Sanctuary" and Unterkofler does the same on the closing “Perseverance."