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Multiple Reviews

2 Quartets on We Jazz Records

by Friedrich Kunzmann
September 28, 2020

Finnish label We Jazz Records is back with two quartet recordings. Both are intriguing in their respective ways, which differ from each other in almost every aspect. Let's have a closer look... Otis Sandsjö Y-Otis 2 We Jazz Records 2020 Berlin-based, Swedish-native saxophonist Otis Sandsjö's sophomore album and second stance under the Y-Otis moniker picks up where the debut left off, presenting a more developed mix of choppy hip-hop rhythms wrapped in ...

Radio

Otis Sandsjö, Pablo Ablanedo, Webber/Morris Big Band and More

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 22, 2020

Second part of this week's review of new and upcoming releases [for the first part click here] with the great return of master arranger Pablo Ablanedo, the new single by Swedish saxophonist and flutist Otis Sandsjö, two new projects by the prolific oud and guitarist Gordon Grdina, and saxophones in solo, duo, trio and quartet settings. Happy listening! PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Otis Sandsjö “Tremendoce" Y-OTIS 2 ...

My Playlist

Otis Sandsjö

by Vincenzo Roggero
November 8, 2018

1. Aretha Franklin, Amazing Grace (Atlantic, 1972)Listening to Aretha coming home makes you feel like coming home. R.I.P. 2. Skúli Sverrisson, Óskar Gudjónsson, The Box Tree (Mengi, 2012). This album was on repeat around the time of my daughter's birth a few months back. It says it all. A saxophone sound from another planet. 3. NONAME, Telefone (Vinyl Me, Please, 2017)“Yesterday" was the soundtrack to my whole 2017. ...