Jazz Articles about Martin Lutz

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Martin Lutz Group: LoLife/HiLife

Read "LoLife/HiLife" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
October 15, 2023

Danish pianist and composer Martin Lutz spent much of his childhood in Eastern and Southern Africa and elements of those regions' music are to the forefront of his writing, grafted on to a Northern European folk and neo-classical base. On LoLife/HiLife, Lutz leads a sextet with a three-saxophones frontline and the African influence is most clearly heard in his horn voicings. The result is a lyrical and redemptive sound which somehow, despite this being a purely instrumental ...

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Martin Lutz: In Denmark I Was Born

Read "In Denmark I Was Born" reviewed by Gareth Thompson

by Gareth Thompson
March 18, 2018

Two hands, one black and one white, hold aloft a heart-shaped map of the world. It might not be subtle, but the artwork adorning this album speaks volumes for it. Martin Lutz is an eclectic Danish composer with a global outlook and a compassionate ethic. He believes in love, empathy and the power of collective action. Try stating an argument against all that. For this group outing, Lutz the pianist takes something of a backseat. Instead his backing ...

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Martin Lutz Group: Where Are the Trumpets?

Read "Where Are the Trumpets?" reviewed by John Barron

by John Barron
December 5, 2007

On Where Are the Trumpets?, Danish pianist/composer Martin Lutz leads his energetic sextet through an invigorating set of contemporary jazz laced with the sounds of Americana. The disc's ten tracks, all composed by Lutz, are cleverly arranged for the woodwind front-line of Jacob Rose, Jakob Skov and Mads Ole. Bassist Lars Johnsen, drummer Ricco Kjaer and special guest Paolo Russo on bandoneón add to the disc's rich textural blanket of sound. Although there is plenty of improvised blowing from each ...