REVIEW: Kristiana Roemer ‘House of Mirrors’ – Off The Tracks

March 8, 2021
REVIEW: Kristiana Roemer ‘House of Mirrors’ – Off The Tracks

By Simon Sweetman, Off The Tracks Born in Germany, educated in both Europe and the United States and raised in a bilingual house, jazz vocalist Kristiana Roemer shows serious chops, great songwriting ideas and subtle envelope-pushing on a debut album that recalls mid-period Joni Mitchell one minute (the opening, title track) and takes me back … Read More

REVIEW: Leon Lee Dorsey ‘Thank You Mr. Mabern’ – Off The Tracks

March 8, 2021
REVIEW: Leon Lee Dorsey ‘Thank You Mr. Mabern’ – Off The Tracks

By Simon Sweetman, Off The Tracks Harold Mabern, one of the great post-bop pianists, played soulful Memphis-blues and R’n’B-drenched jazz piano. He died, aged 83, in late 2019. There are over a dozen albums you can hear with him leading a band and he was a sideman on records by the likes of Art Farmer, … Read More