Text by Matt Cole
New from the nWog label are two releases which show the vitality and creativity which can be found the European jazz scene. NoReduce’s debut CD, Jaywalkin’, which features three young Swiss jazz musicians and drummer extraordinaire Nasheet Waits was released on 18 May 2012, and the Nils Wogram Septet’s Complete Soul, out on 24 August.
Artist: NoReduce
Title: Jaywalkin’
Label: nWog Records
Genre: jazz
NoReduce’s lineup consists of Raffaele Bossard on bass, Dave Gisler on guitar, and Christoph Irniger on saxophone in addition to drummer Nasheet Waits, and the album presents songs that came into existence in the spring of 2011 in New York, while the Swiss contingent of the band was living there.