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Marie Mørck: My One and Only Love

by Katchie Cartwright
Copenhagen's Marie Mørck releases her third album, My One and Only Love, as a 20-something up-and-comer on the Danish vocal jazz scene. Her well-received earlier projects contained originals and standards, but My One and Only Love stays within the American Songbook. How would Mørck have us perceive her program in 2025? For Danish television viewers, Look for the Silver Lining," Like Someone in Love," I'm in the Mood for Love" and Are You Havin' Any Fun" ...
Continue ReadingMarius Neset: Cabaret

by Neil Duggan
Norwegian saxophonist and composer Marius Neset first captured the imagination with his 2011 album Golden Xplosion (Edition, 2011). Since then, his creative impetus has seen him release numerous albums, write pieces for large ensembles including the London Sinfonietta and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, collaborate with classical pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and fulfill a busy touring schedule, winning multiple awards along the way. In 2022, he formed a quintet and released Happy (Act Music). The quintet featured one of the ...
Continue ReadingMagnus Hjorth Trio: Old New Borrowed Blue

by Jakob Baekgaard
The legacy of pianist Bill Evans has become so predominant among emerging pianists that it is refreshing to hear someone who shuns the late pianist's lyrical introversion in favor of a more outgoing and playful approach. This is certainly the case with Swedish pianist Magnus Hjorth, whose second album in his own name, Old New Borrowed Blue, shows an encyclopedic knowledge of jazz history, ranging from ragtime to post-bop.
Hjorth's vehicle is the trio, with his countryman Petter Eldh taking ...
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Something to Celebrate
From: Something to CelebrateBy Magnus Hjorth