- “A supergroup” is the word UKs leading jazz magazine Jazz Journal uses to sum up the “Voyage”-album.
- “Strength and quality all over” – Avisa Nordland (Bodø, Norway) called the album a “strong listening experience” that is both “melodious and seductive”.
- “Masterful Jazz pieces” – Progspace.com described the album as a “dreamy” journey through twelve masterful tracks, suggesting it would fit well on prestigious labels like ECM or ACT.
- “Cultured, but also very accessible” – Music Map (Italy) noted that the album successfully blends individual virtuosity into a greater whole, creating sophisticated jazz that remains highly accessible to a broad audience.
- “Captivating and explosive” – An early live performance by the group at the Garana Jazz Fest in 2023 was reviewed as presenting music ranging from lyrical acoustic landscapes to high-voltage rock jazz, showcasing “individual virtuoso skills” and “captivating and explosive” interplay.
- Unique Interpretation of “Adagio for Strings” – A specific track, an energetic and modern arrangement of Samuel Barber’s classical piece, was noted as a highlight by Audiophile no, featuring strong solos and a fierce intermezzo.
- Top-of-the-line Fusion – Other reviews mention a “pure amalgam of jazz and rock fusion” that is considered “top-of-the-line” in the genre, balancing spontaneity with composed structure.
Link to full reviews:
Progspace.com: “A a dreamy “Voyage” of twelve masterful Jazz pieces. It’s been a moment I think since we featured a full blown Jazz release, but I just couldn’t leave this one out. Usually I would expect a release like this on a label like ACT or, even more so, ECM”
Jazz-Fun Germany: «This music tells stories – impressively and vividly. It takes us on a journey that we experience from beginning to end as if in one breath. A fantastic album that we highly recommend!» (Jacek Brun, June 21, 2025)
Jazz Journal UK: “Norwegian Jan Gunnar Hoff’s model of Scandi-fusion sends sparks off the rails for this album, with a quartet whose members constitute what popsters might call a supergroup”.
Music Map (Italy): “The power of “Voyage” lies in its ability to enhance the individual touches and make them something greater than the sum of the individual elements: in its being “cultured”, the jazz signed by Jan Gunnar Hoff group is also very accessible, material for the lovers of the genre, undoubtedly, but not only” .
Dionizy Piatkowski, Era Jazzu (Poland): “Under the name Jan Gunnar Hoff Group are four world jazz stars who find themselves most fully in fashionable and energetic fusion, but now with the project “Voyage” they show the subtlety and calm color of their – created with an interesting idea – sounds and moods. The music recorded, which, despite its jazz-rock provenance and spontaneity, is embraced by the magic of jazz, illustrative phrase with incredible improvisations and mutual building of musical texture”
Phontas Troussas in the Greek blog magazine Diskorycheion: “They put down their inspirations, their compositions and their instruments, giving their best in a series of pieces of electric, very electric jazz, which will definitely fascinate fans of the genre. A very enjoyable album!”
Tor Hammerø blog: “Jan Gunnar Hoff Group anno 2025 is perhaps the best edition he has ever been head of”
Roy Edvin Solstad, Stereo+: “Excellent in every way”
Avisa Nordland (Bodø, Norway): “Strength and quality all over. The best thing is that it’s so melodious and seductive. Because “Voyage” is definitely a strong listening experience”