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Joel Grip, as a bassist and producer, plays a great role in the new generation of improvisers in Europe. Umlaut Records opened up for new forms of organizing collectives of musicians internationally. Hagenfesten in Dala-Floda is a stand-alone festival, making people meet. Besides touring with groups like Peeping Tom, Eve Risser Trio or SNUS, Joel Grip's intense improvisation is heard in solo, duos or larger improvising groups in greater Europe, USA and Asia.

As an energetic double bassist and producer, Joel Grip plays a great role for the new scenes of improvised music in Europe. By founding the label Umlaut Records, he opened up for creative forms of organizing collectives of musicians and promoting their music internationally

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Play Monk

By Pat Thomas

Label: Otoroku
Released: 2026
Track listing: Bye-Ya/Epistrophy; Friday The Thirteenth; Round Midnight; Epistrophy; Evidence; Oska T.

Article: Live Review

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2026

by Ian Patterson
June 11, 2026

Vilnius Mama Jazz Lithuanian National Drama Theatre25th Edition Vilnius. LithuaniaMay 22-24, 2026 Vilnius Mama Jazz turned 25. In festival terms that is early middle age. When you consider that 25 years is roughly a quarter of the entire history of jazz, the significance of the milestone assumes greater meaning.

Article: Live Review

Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2026

by Mike Chamberlain
May 28, 2026

Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville Victoriaville, QC May 11-17 2026 The theme of the 42nd edition of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville was change. This was the third edition of the festival under the artistic and general direction of Scott Thomson. The 40th edition in 2024 was ...

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Two Days at Cafe OTO

By Sven-Åke Johansson

Label: Otoroku
Released: 2025
Track listing: Wright, Johannson, Grip; Borel, Wright, Johannson, Grip; Borel, Wright, Johannson, Grip; Borel, Johannson, Grip; Borel, Wright, Johannson, Grip.

Article: Album Review

Pat Thomas: HIKMAH

by Mark Corroto
November 8, 2025

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery--except, perhaps, when pianist Pat Thomas takes on the music of jazz legends. In those cases, what emerges is not imitation at all, but transformation. On albums such as Plays the Music of Derek Bailey & Thelonious Monk (FMR, 2008) and Pat Thomas Plays The Duke (New Jazz and ...

Article: Live Review

Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2025

by Vincenzo Roggero
August 29, 2025

Jazzfestival SaalfeldenVarious venues Land Salzburg, Austria August 21-24, 2025 One hundred and ninety artists from twenty-six countries, nearly thirty thousand attendees, eight different venues, more than sixty concerts, and a record number of tickets sold. These are just numbers, but they confirm how the Saalfelden Jazz Festival--now in its forty-fifth ...

Article: Live Review

Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2025

by Vincenzo Roggero
August 29, 2025

Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2025 Varie location 21--24 agosto 2025 Centonovanta artisti, provenienti da ventisei paesi, quasi trentamila presenze, otto location differenti, più di sessanta concerti, record di biglietti venduti. Sono solo numeri ma testimoniano come il Saalfelden Jazz Festival--giunto alla quarantacinquesima edizione--sia una rassegna che richiama spettatori da tutta Europa, sia profondamente ...

Article: Album Review

Sven Åke-Johansson: Two Days at Cafe OTO

Read "Two Days at Cafe OTO" reviewed by Fran Kursztejn

by Fran Kursztejn
August 28, 2025

Sven Åke-Johansson's death in 2025 felt distinctly like a chapter closed. There is a cliche in Jazz to characterize players of a certain class and longstanding influence as “youthful" or otherwise endlessly inventive despite multi-decade, multidisciplinary careers. Its excessive use is justified by elements of the medium's own construction and history. Jazz itself appears to be ...

Article: Album Review

Pat Thomas: This is Trick Step

Read "This is Trick Step" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
June 18, 2025

Where to begin with the music of Pat Thomas? The London-born pianist began his journey in classical music before a televised performance by Oscar Peterson led him down the path of jazz and free improvisation. Over the past forty-plus years, Thomas has forged a singular voice in the avant-garde, contributing to groundbreaking ensembles such as the ...