Jazz Articles about Oliver Lutz

About Oliver Lutz

Album Review

Salomea is a genre-hopping group led by Cologne-based vocalist Rebekka Salomea Ziegler, and in this self-titled debut it reveals as much about what influences and inspires its members as about the newness those musicians can fashion from socio-cultural building blocks. Remarkable for such a song-focused project is how much each member stands out in relief. From the opening skitter of “Magnolia Tree," for instance, we recognize the ability of drummer Leif Berger to transport the listener into a sound-world all ...

Album Review

Offshore: Côte de Cologne

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 15, 2013

Il quintetto Offshore ha ottenuto diversi riconoscimenti internazionali, come nell'ambito dell'European Jazz Prize del 2011, e basa la riuscita del suo album Côte de Cologne, pubblicato nella collana “Next Generation" della Double Moon Records, sul timbro chiaro e ben definito del sassofonista Cristoph Möckel, spesso in primo piano nelle linee melodiche in scaletta. Si tratta di un percorso di assoli originali, scritti dal pianista Constantin Krahmer e dal vibrafonista Dierk Peters, i quali dirigono il loro modo di intendere il ...

Album Review

Offshore: Cote De Cologne

Read "Cote De Cologne" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
April 8, 2013

The respective artists formed this quintet during their studies at Cologne Music College and snagged some awards, performing at European festivals and band contests. And it's easy to discern why. Indeed, the quintet's impassioned collectivism shines throughout the program, amplified by thought-provoking compositions and the underlying motif, noted by the band moniker, referencing the mighty seas. Hence, the musicians' toggle a seafaring aura by incorporating brisk winds, rolling waves and a few stormy passages. It's a modern mainstream ...