Blog: It's a trap!

Can't let this one slip through the cracks! Oskar Schönning plays the kind of pop-oriented jazz befitting of an era when tracks such as "Take five" would actually chart. His compositions are concise, the melodies memorable. Nowadays a great majority of the jazz conversation seems oriented towards freeform freakouts. That's fine- there's room for both, but this is way more my style. One of the best things about a lot of Schönning's work is also how joyous it sounds, both for the listener and the performers. I can't hear those handclaps on the intro without breaking [...]

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