Lyder Øvreås Røed

Lyder Øvreås Røed: The Moon Doesn't Drink

by Chris May
November 20, 2019

A promising own-name debut from the Norwegian trumpeter, Lyder Øvreås Røed's The Moon Doesn't Drink has both feet planted in analogue-era jazz yet sounds wholly modern. Røed's melodic, intimate style and burnished tone may be reminiscent of pre-electric Miles Davis, but if this album comes across, at times, a bit like Davis' Kind Of Blue (CBS, 1959), it sounds more like natural vibe than conscious retro. Røed shares the frontline with tenor saxophonist Hanna Paulsberg, whose spiritual-jazz infused ...