Latest Shows

Three new albums from Scandinavia bear serious listening: Swedish saxophonist Martin Kuchen always tells it like it is, and this time he does with Angles 11, a new group, and stunning album called “Tell Them It’s The Sound Of Freedom “. The music school in Trondheim, Norway continues to be Continue Reading

There’s a distinctly European aspect to the new releases sampled this time around. French pianist Bruno Angelini was impressed by a quote from Wayne Shorter about how lotus flowers purify the water around them, so he decided to make a recording and dedicate it to Shorter, his favourite musician, and Continue Reading

“I’ll take the Combination Special, please.” That’s the theme running through several of the new releases sampled this time around on OMJ. Prolific saxophonist Ivo Perelman’s “A Modicum Of The Blues” brings together several of the musicians regularl heard on his duo and trio works into a rousing free-blowing quintet. Continue Reading