Results for "Jonas Westergaard"

Jonas Westergaard

Ronny Graupe´s Spoom

Tyshawn Sorey, Benoit Delbecq, Enten Eller & James Wengrow

by Maurice Hogue
June 15, 2026

Drummer/composer Tyshawn Sorey's new Members... Don't is a contender for recording of the year. He reimagines fellow drummer Max Roach's Members Don't Git Weary from 1968 and reminds us that the original's political and social exhortations remain as evident and concerning today. Sorey's music is extremely powerful. Guitarist James Wengrow is an Aussie with big notes ...

Live From Berlin: Lina Allemano, Jonas Westergaard & Lisa Wulff

by Martin Longley
April 15, 2025

Lina Allemano/Uli Kempendorff/Jonas Westergaard/Nathan Ott Kunstfabrik Schlot Berlin, Germany March 24, 2025 Johann Greve is lately running a monthly Schlot Session at this lesser-known (but wonderful) basement jazz club in the Mitte part of town, open since 1993 (originally in Prenzlauer Berg, but shifting here in 2000). It's ...

Transatlantic Five: Transitions

by Mark Corroto
October 20, 2023

There is an expression in meditation for when an individual is concentrating on their breath, “it's a simple practice, but not easy." A similar statement might be made about Transitions by the Transatlantic Five. The music is not simple, but it is easy. Easy, at least for this quintet. The American duo of Ken ...

Vossa Jazz Going Strong and Poetic at 50

by Josef Woodard
April 12, 2023

Vossa Jazz Voss, Norway March 31-April 2, 2023 Origin stories in the still-young-ish wild frontier of jazz festival culture can be fascinating case studies in feisty pioneer spirit. Take the Western Norwegian Vossa Jazz Festival, an important stop in the storied Norwegian festival circuit, which celebrated its ripe old 50th birthday this ...

We Sick, Soojung Lee, Jane Ira Bloom & Novembre

by Maurice Hogue
April 3, 2023

The release of We Sick is not until the end of April, but definitely watch for this fiery work of improvisation and passion. Not long after George Floyd's murder, pianist deVon Russell Gray, saxophonist Nathan Hanson & drummer Davu Seru recorded We Sick in an abandoned church across from the Minnesota state capitol which was surrounded ...

Nathan Ott

Shades of Red

By Nathan Ott

Label: Unit Records
Released: 2019

Forget Old Europe: 15 European Jazz Musicians You Need To Know About

by AAJ Staff
August 16, 2017

Since the first half of the 20th century, the Old Continent has played a pivotal role both in welcoming and supporting jazz artists from the United States. Over the following decades it has expressed generations of passionate musicians with increasingly original languages and ever greater improvisatory skills. In the 21st century there are countless ...