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Daniel Zimmermann: Yellow Moon

By Ludovico Granvassu
October 28, 2025
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Daniel Zimmermann's Snapshots (Label Bleu) is a gem filled with memorable tunes and sly humor, through which the French trombonist reflects on today's challenges with wit and a touch of disenchanted insight.

What truly stands out, though, are the melodies engraved in this album—lingering well past the final chord—as if Zimmermann his slide sings, a songwriter-like sensibility which might also explain his choice to include a masterful cover of "Yellow Moon," the swamp-reggae anthem and title track from the Neville Brothers' 1989 album produced by Daniel Lanois.

Contact Ludovico Granvassu on All About Jazz.
I'm the Editor-in-Chief of All About Jazz Italia, host of Mondo Jazz on Radio Free Brooklyn and was once visited by Frank Zappa's ghost.... he was funny too.

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