Jazz Articles about Stefan Keune / Sandy Ewen / Damon Smith

Stefan Keune / Sandy Ewen / Damon Smith: Two Felt-Tip Pens: Live At Moers

by Mark Corroto
July 29, 2025

This recording from the Moers Festival in May 2023, Germany, is dedicated to the late Hans Schneider. Bassist and label curator Damon Smith has made it a lifelong practice to seek out and collaborate with his musical heroes, a list that includes Jaap Blonk, Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Kaiser and Vinny Golia. Naturally, that list also honors pioneering bassists like Joëlle Léandre, Peter Kowald, Bertram Turetzky--and Schneider, who passed away in 2024. Joining Smith for this performance are American ...