Mike Lovatt pays tribute to Allan Botschinsky who has died at the age of 80

Danish jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player Allan Botschinsky has died at the age of 80.

In a tribute fellow trumpeter Mike Lovatt describes Allan as ''brilliantly talented'' and a ''renowned composer, arranger, conductor, producer, and record label owner.''

''Allan composed, played on and co-produced the ground-breaking First Brass album which featured Derek Watkins, Bart Van Lier and Eric Van Lier. I was lucky enough to meet Allan and his wife Marion Kaempfert in the early 90s and worked with them on several projects in London until he retired seven years ago,'' Lovatt adds.

Botschinsky appeared on records by Oscar Pettiford, Ben Webster (on Plays Ballads among others), Sahib Shihab and Dexter Gordon including on Gordon's More Than You Know on such pieces as John Coltrane's 'Naima.'

Read Mike Lovatt's full tribute: here.

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Pianist Mário Laginha, who was on Julian Argüelles' 1997 Babel album Skull View, is here in trio configuration with the saxophonist and completing the trio percussionist Helge Andreas Norbakken who for instance provides the opening of 'Singla'. I'd pick the lush 'Sweetie' of the tracks. There is however a good deal of variety and while some tracks are very heart-on-sleeve others including the 'Improviso' tracks are austere and more demanding. Recorded last year in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon it is demonstrably a meeting of minds. On Edition

Helge Andreas Norbakken, top left, Mário Laginha, Julian Argüelles. Photo: via Bandcamp

Mike Lovatt pays tribute to Allan Botschinsky who has died at the age of 80

Mário Laginha, Julian Argüelles, Helge Andreas Norbakken, Atlântico