Joshua Samson

Joshua Samson & Extended Lifestream: Living the Life at the North Sea Jazz Festival

by John Kelman
May 14, 2004

Jazz, as an “in the moment” form, often benefits from live recordings. Encouraged by the energy of an attentive and enthusiastic audience, performers often reach artistic levels that are difficult to attain in the more sterile surroundings of the recording studio. However, some performances are better seen, better experienced , than committed to disk for posterity. Such is the case with Joshua Samson & Extended Lifestream’s Living the Life at the North Sea Jazz Festival ; an album that tries ...