Jazz Articles about Thomas Hass

About Thomas Hass

Album Review

Scandinavian Art Ensemble with Tomasz Stańko: The Copenhagen Session Vol. 1

Read "The Copenhagen Session Vol. 1" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
July 14, 2025

Questo è il primo volume di una coppia di album che documentano la registrazione del febbraio 2016 dell'allora 74enne Tomasz Stańko con un ensemble di giovani strumentisti scandinavi e polacchi a Copenhagen. Il trombettista aveva condotto con loro un workshop l'anno prima a Vallekilde Højskole--sempre in Danimarca--organizzato dalla Danish Jazz Union “JazzDanmark." Vista la positiva esperienza avevano programmato un seguito. Dopo una prima esibizione all'Hotel Cecil di Copenhagen la session in questione si ebbe il 19 febbraio al ...

Album Review

Scandinavian Art Ensemble with Tomasz Stańko: The Copenhagen Session Vol. 1

Read "The Copenhagen Session Vol. 1" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
May 18, 2025

Although trumpet legend Tomasz Stańko sadly left us in 2018, there are fortunately plenty of signs that his recorded legacy is still unfolding. In 2024 his sparkling release, September Night (ECM), documenting a live engagement from 2004, reminded us of the distinctive emotional vibrancy of this most sensitive of modern trumpeters. And now we have the first of a planned two-volume release, courtesy of a 2015 residency Stańko spent in Denmark with the Scandinavian Art Ensemble. Not only does this ...

Album Review

Thomas Hass: Trio's & Beyond Lotus Energy

Read "Trio's & Beyond Lotus Energy" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey
October 23, 2014

The packaging starts you thinking. There's a painting showing what looks like ectoplasm, or perhaps a space alien, playing two musical instruments at the same time, like Roland Kirk used to do. Then the cunning addition of an apostrophe in the Trios of the title, to render it meaningless, or perhaps abstract. Inside there's a selfie shot from low down of a bearded Thomas Hass looking God-like and grim, alongside text explaining his music: “Trio's & Beyond ...