16th August 2018: Jure Pukl’s ‘Doubtless’ – ★★★★½ from DownBeat Magazine, Concerto Magazine, ★★★★ All About Jazz, The Jazz Mann + October Euro tour dates

Jure Pukl’s Doubtless is a family affair – an exuberant, high-spirited double-tenor quartet with wife Melissa Aldana plus close friends Joe Sanders (double bass) and Greg Hutchinson (drums).

Here are the latest press highlights for Doubtless:

“Slovenia-born Jure Pukl and his wife,Melissa Aldana, both tenor saxophone players, share a common musical vision and vocabulary… Their sweetly entangled saxophone lines reach ever upward, grounded by the driving pulse of the grounded rhythm section.”
★★★★½ DownBeat Magazine

​”Pukl and Aldana play a collection of playfully cryptic pieces in unison, call-and-response, warm harmony and improvised polyphony… Fluently close knit music.”
Jazzwise Magazine

“​Pukl evinces his own voice, his compositions and arrangements proving increasingly irresistible.​”
★★★★ All About Jazz​ (full review)

​”​A fascinating study in modern tenor saxophone​… Musical ideas building in a like-minded exchange that is a pleasure to share.”
London Jazz (full review)

“This album deserves attention for sure.​”
Stereogum (full review)

“A fine new album.”
WGBO (full review)

“Pukl and Aldana not only complement one another perfectly, they sometimes seem to speak with one voice. Modal marital harmony!”
★★★★½ Concerto Magazine​

​​“Exuberant and High Spirited”
CD – Aktuell

​”An absolute ‘must-hear’.”​
Jazz Podium

“Fresh… Current… Thrilling.”
Musik Reviews

“These explorations of musical closeness and distance neatly mimic the conversations between friends and partners; the key to the success of this album lies in the natural rapport among these players as they engage and improvise”
★★★★½ DownBeat Magazine

“Another strong offering from Pukl. Straddling the cusp between composition and improvisation the album is consistently engaging and the playing is excellent throughout.”
★★★★ The Jazz Mann (full review)

Euro Tour Oct 2018

Jure Pukl’s Doubtless with Melissa Aldana, Joe Sanders, Gregory Hutchinson

8th @ Pizza Express, London, UK
9th @ Max Klub, Velenje, Slovenia
10th @ Stockwerk Jazz, Graz, Austria
11th @ Cockney Jazz Club, Padova, Italy
12th @ Bird’s Eye, Basel, Switzerland
13th @ Bird’s Eye, Basel, Switzerland
15th @ Jimmy Glass, Valencia, Spain
16th @ Bogui, Madrid, Spain