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Tobias Hoffmann Jazz Orchestra: Innuendo
by Jack Bowers
Although German-born maestro Tobias Hoffmann can readily lay claim to a pair of music-inspired hats, he wears only one of them--that of composer and arranger--on the Tobias Hoffmann Jazz Orchestra's second recording, Innuendo, while placing the other (that of eloquent tenor saxophonist) in the capable hands of the ensemble's dynamic duo, Robert Unterkofler and Martin Harms. That proves to be a wise decision, as Harms shines brightly on “Sanctuary" and Unterkofler does the same on the closing “Perseverance."
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by Jack Bowers
Finesse is trumpeter Jim Rotondi's ninth recording as a leader but his first using a full orchestra including strings. The band and string section are from Austria, where Rotondi presently lives, performs, and teaches, and each one is quite good. As for Rotondi, besides playing superb trumpet--open or muted--he wrote every song on the album save for two brief “introductory" pieces by Jakob Helling who was the arranger on every number. As if that many instruments weren't ...
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