One of the great joys of collecting records is getting time to sift through piles of records in places you’ve never been before. Far too often I’ve spent time planning what record shops are in a city, well before working out what sights and places to visit. Romania isn’t one place I would have thought of for hunting jazz but Stephan Steigleder and members of Jazzanova have beaten us to it and found some true gems. The ten tracks here are the kind of music people would pay hundreds of pounds for, even though I’ve heard of none of the artists featured. This is certainly the start of something really interesting and I hope we all get chance to find out more about these artists and maybe even see a re-release of the full albums over time.
