Lennart Ginman

Uffe Steen: Play

by Jack Bowers
November 1, 2001

Guitarist Uffe Steen is one unmelancholy Dane. If that sounds like a left--handed compliment, well, he does play left--handed. And does he ever Play! Bluesy cascades of sound, single--note or chordal, fly off his fretboard like squadrons of worker bees beaming in on one's verdant flower garden. This concert performance in Aarhus catches Steen's trio (bassist Lennart Ginman, American drummer Adam Nussbaum) on a very good night (not that they have any bad ones, but there's always that chance).