BLUE TOPAZ was #25 on the JazzWeek Top 100 Jazz Albums of 2024— Staying on the Chart for 24 weeks and reaching #8!
Latest Album! Peter Hand’s BLUE TOPAZ released January 19, 2024 on Whaling City Sound!
“Some of the best guitar-led jazz you will hear in 2024!” — CONTEMPORARY FUSION REVIEWS by Dick Metcalf
“Hand's perceptive and luminous charts lend as much color and variety as one could need... Hand is a top notch soloist..” ALL ABOUT JAZZ— Jack Bowers
“..Supple, single-note style recalling Martino and Grant Green…Good tunes, cleverly put together and rewardingly deployed.” JAZZWISE (UK) — Peter Vacher
“Blue Topaz, filled with well-conceived arrangements by Hand, is a welcoming listening experience from first note to last.” JERSEY JAZZ — Joseph Lang
A delightful album of originals by Hand..” “Leader Hand solos exquisitely…An album to seek out.” BEBOP SPOKEN HERE (UK) — Lance Liddle
Session One (Top Row): Steve Johns, Harvie S, James Weidman, Don Braden, Peter Hand, Eddie Allen;
Session Two (Bottom Row): Johns, Hand, Houston Person, David Janeway (Teaneck Sound Studio)