Rob Luft
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focusing on just the core duo rather than the quartet setting… yet another example of the duo’s utterly seductive music-making. Recorded at Studios La Buissonne in the South of France, the album’s... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, May 2026
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As always with Elina Duni, this is a thoughtful, beautifully articulated piece of jazzy poetry, even if the mood is predominantly introspective. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th June 2023
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The Guardian, Jazz Album of the Month, July 2023
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Lost Ships
RecommendedFred Thomas (piano, drums), Rob Luft (guitar), Matthieu Michel (flugelhorn), Elina Duni (voice)
On Lost Ships, guitarist Rob Luft makes his ECM debut and vocalist Elani Duni presents a new ensemble – and the result just happens to be a minor classic. On the strength of this album, Luft,... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, December 2020
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th November 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
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Inspired by an unexpectedly long trip to Egypt, the jazz guitarist’s evocative set of originals and covers spans solo showstoppers and rich ensemble work. —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, November 2023
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Here’s a frontline to savour, with edgesome youth and deep jazz experience, two musicians with a sense of the out-there while remaining grounded in making music accessible and, shh, whisper... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, October 2019
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th October 2019
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Everything hangs together well on an album that quickly becomes one of those records you can’t help turning to for an infusion of good, wellexecuted jazz. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th May 2024
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Words Unspoken
John Surman (soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet), Rob Luft (guitar), Rob Waring (vibraphone), Thomas Strønen (drums)
Surman’s quartet with effects-guitarist Rob Luft, vibraphonist Rob Waring and ethereal percussionist Thomas Strønen frame his darkly murmuring baritone sax and bass clarinet and poignantly airborne... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, March 2024
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Perhaps the album is best summed up by the poet Rumi who describes a gathering place. "Out beyond ideas of right doing and wrongdoing there is a field, I'll meet you there." Vidya welcomes us... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st June 2024
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Dream Band: Live in London
RecommendedAlex Hitchcock (saxophone), James Copus (trumpet), Kit Downes (piano), Lewis Wright (vibraphone), Conor Chaplin (double bass), Marc Michel, Liselotte Östblom, Mark Kavuma (trumpet), Rob Luft (guitar), Rio Kai, Jamie Murray, Alex Ridout, Ant Law (guitar), Orlando le Fleming, James Maddren (drums)
This is superior stuff that sounds great from the first time you hear it, and just keeps getting better. —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, November 2023
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th November 2023
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CD
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Dream Band: Live in London
RecommendedAlex Hitchcock (saxophone), James Copus (trumpet), Kit Downes (piano), Lewis Wright (vibraphone), Conor Chaplin (double bass), Marc Michel, Liselotte Östblom, Mark Kavuma (trumpet), Rob Luft (guitar), Rio Kai, Jamie Murray, Alex Ridout, Ant Law (guitar), Orlando le Fleming, James Maddren (drums)
This is superior stuff that sounds great from the first time you hear it, and just keeps getting better. —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, November 2023
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th November 2023
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3 Vinyl Records
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