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February 11, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Lionel Loueke: Close Your Eyes

Lionel Loueke Close Your Eyes Sounderscore Inc. West African guitarist Lionel Loueke started, as a kid, on percussion instruments. This has informed his approach to what is now his primary instrument – and though he hits at the strings, scrapes and finds new sounds from seemingly unturned corners or secret nooks all across the surface […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Close Your Eyes, Eric Harland, Guitar, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Jazz, Lionel Loueke, Lionel Loueke: Close Your Eyes, Reuben Rogers, Trio, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Bill Charlap Trio: Street of Dreams

Bill Charlap Trio Street of Dreams Blue Note The jazz piano trio is a thing of beauty – a real test of interplay and musicianship, and of course the mercurial time-stretch between all of this; players working their own magic as a way to channel a collective good – a communal sound that feels as […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bass, Bill Charlap, Bill Charlap Trio, Bill Charlap Trio: Street of Dreams, Blue Note, Covers, Drums, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Jazz, Jazz Trio, Kenny Washington, Peter Washington, Piano, Piano Trio, Standards, Street of Dreams, Trio, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 5, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Joe Farnsworth: City of Sounds

Joe Farnsworth City of Sounds Smoke Sessions Records Joe Farnsworth is a tasteful presence behind the kit, never overpowering, always empathic – so if you love trio jazz but worry slightly at the sight of drumsticks on the cover, fear not. Farnsworth leads his now regular trio – Kenny Barron on piano and Peter Washington […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bass, City of Sounds, Drums, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Jazz, Joe Farnsworth, Joe Farnsworth: City of Sounds, Kenny Barron, New York, Peter Washington, Piano, Smoke Sessions Records, Trio, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Frank Kimbrough: Ancestors

Frank Kimbrough Ancestors Sunnyside Frank Kimbrough was one hell of a piano player – and he leaves behind a legacy across composition, covers and improvisation. His sudden death at the end of last year a shock, a great sadness and it makes listening to this first posthumous album (recorded in 2017) bittersweet.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2017), Album Review, Ancestors, Bass, Cornet, Frank Kimbrough, Frank Kimbrough: Ancestors, Instrumental, Jazz, Kirk Knuffke, Masa Kamaguchi, Piano, posthumous, Sunnyside, Trio, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Kevin Hays, Ben Street & Billy Hart: All Things Are

Kevin Hays, Ben Street & Billy Hart All Things Are Smoke Sessions Records A wonderful intergenerational trio here releases a wonderful record that is cut from a couple of live-streamed (audience-free) gigs made late last year. Drumming legend Billy Hart had just turned 80.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, All Things Are, Bass, Ben Stree, Billy Hart, Drums, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Instrumental, Jazz, Kevin Hays, Kevin Hays Ben Street Billy Hart: All Things Are, Piano, Smoke Sessions Records, Trio ·

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June 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Ding Dong. You’re Dead.  

Hedvig Mollestad Trio Ding Dong. You’re Dead. Rune Grammofon I might not have been there for every single album, and I’ve only reviewed half of them – but I am definitely a fan of Norway’s Hedvig Mollestad Trio. Formed in 2009 by guitarist Mollestad, with bassist Ellen Brekken and drummer Ivar Loe Bjørnstad, the trio […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bass, Ding Dong. You´re Dead., Drums, Ellen Brekken, Guitar, Hedvig Mollestad, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Ding Dong. You’re Dead., https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Instrumental, Ivar Loe Bjørnstad, Norway, Trio, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Three-Layer Cake: Stove Top

Three-Layer Cake Stove Top Rarenoise Records Three-Layer Cake is the latest project by bassist Mike Watt. You know him from Minutemen and fIREHOSE, from solo spots and cameos – including a stint with Iggy & The Stooges. So whilst indie and punk might be where he made his name, playing adventurous is absolutely his game. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Brandon Seabrook, Improv, Jazz, Mike Pride, Mike Watt, Stove Top, Three-Layer Cake, Trio, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog: What I Did On My Long Vacation (ep)

Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog What I Did On My Long Vacation Knockwurst Music / Preposterous Bee Music / Wazir & Malika Music A get back to the studio project, a just shut up and play project, a lockdown mini album – this EP by Marc and his Ceramic Dog is really the starting point for […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Ceramic Dog, Ches Smith, Darius Jones, EP, Lockdown, Marc Ribot, Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog: What I Did On My Long Vacation (ep), Shahzad Ismaily, Trio, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, What I Did On My Long Vacation, What I Did On My Long Vacation (ep) ·

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April 13, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Vijay Iyer Trio: Uneasy

Vijay Iyer Trio Uneasy ECM Records This new version of the Vijay Iyer Trio features players known to each other – and players known for their work out on their own and in various other combos. Iyer (piano) and Tyshawn Sorey (drums) have worked together on and off for 20 years – bassist Linda May […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Bass, Drums, ECM, ECM Records, Jazz, Linda May Han Oh, Piano, Trio, Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy, Vijay Iyer, Vijay Iyer Trio, Vijay Iyer Trio: Uneasy, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Mara Rosenbloom Trio: Respiration

Mara Rosenbloom Trio Respiration Fresh Sound New Talent I think the thing I love most about the piano trio format is that it’s always different and always the same. I know that’s been attributed to the music of The Fall – and to a few others no doubt, most of them far removed from jazz […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Bass, Chad Taylor, Drums, Jazz, Mara Rosenbloom, Mara Rosenbloom Trio, Mara Rosenbloom Trio: Respiration, Piano, Respiration, Sean Conly, Trio, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 29, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Punkt.Vrt.Plastik: Somit

Punkt.Vrt.Plastik Somit Intakt Records This is the second album from jazz trio Punkt.Vrt.Plastik. Maybe this will be the one to cement them as one of the most exciting piano trios on the circuit today. The rhythm section of Christian Lillinger (drums) and Petter Eldh (bass) has played together for over a decade – pianist Kaja […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bass, Christian Lillinger, Dawn of Midi, Drums, Jazz, Kaja Draksler, Petter Eldh, Piano, Punkt.Vrt.Plastik, Punkt.Vrt.Plastik: Somit, Somit, The Necks, Trio, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 16, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Rebecca DuMaine & Dave Miller Trio: Someday, Someday

Rebecca DuMaine & Dave Miller Trio Someday, Someday Summit Records Bay Area jazzers Dave Miller and Rebecca DuMaine are a father-daughter team – they have their own careers away from each other but work together often and have teamed for records before. Someday, Someday is brand new, their latest. And it’s a wee gem – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bill Belasco, Chuck Bennett, Dave Miller, Dave Miller Trio, Jazz, Quartet, Rebecca DuMaine, Rebecca DuMaine & Dave Miller Trio, Someday Someday, Summit Records, Trio, Vocal, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·
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