Linus Eppinger feat. Nicolai Daneck, Jorge Rossy & Doug Weiss - Leaning In (2022)

If you were to imagine what the debut album by a young, conservatory-educated jazz player in the 21st Century might sound like, perhaps you would think of music that is flashy, cerebral or try-hard.

You might picture someone trying to be clever, cramming in as much information as possible. But Leaning In, Linus Eppinger’s first recorded statement as a bandleader, is nothing like that at all: the music on offer here is warm and soulful, full of joy and humour, unpretentious but deep and thoughtful [...]

—Sam Braysher, taken from the inside liner notes