Maggi Olan

The Maggi Olan Band: Live at Fasching

by Jack Bowers
September 1, 2002

When a pianist from Sweden can persuade a trumpeter who's as well-respected as Ingrid Jensen to record with her quartet, one must assume that the pianist in question is a rather accomplished player in her own right -- an assumption that is entirely correct. Maggi Olin is the pianist, and her command of the keyboard is quite impressive, whether comping, soloing or sketching a rhythmic road map. Having said that, we should hasten to add that Olin's compositions and arrangements ...