Jim Briggs

Jim Riggs & Stefan Karlsson: Texas Times

by Jack Bowers
April 14, 2016

Recording a duo album is something that old friends Jim Riggs and Stefan Karlsson have wanted to do for some time, and they make the most of the long-delayed opportunity on Texas Times, an eloquent and engaging recital that never wears thin in spite of its more or less familiar playlist and the fact that Riggs limits himself for the most part to the alto saxophone (the qualifier “for the most part" is called for as there are times, such ...