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Artist: TORBEN SNEKKESTAD With JONAS WESTERGAARD/JON BALKE Title: Conic Folded Label: Ilk 153 Country: EEC Format: CD Status: AVAILABLE $17.00
Description: Featuring Torben Snekkestad on saxes & clarinet, Jonas Westergaard on bass and Jon Balke on prepared & unprepared piano. For well over a decade, the Norwegian saxophone player Torben Snekkestad has been one of the most prominent performers in various cutting edge line-ups on the Nordic new jazz and contemporary music scenes. With 'Conic Folded' he presents his long awaited debut CD. The album contains 11 new compositions by Snekkestad and he is accompanied by two of Scandinavia's most prominent jazz musicians, Norwegian pianist & ECM artist Jon Balke and Danish bass player Jonas Westergaard.
Right from the start, the trio plays with that graceful, spacious, sublime delicacy. Using a minimum of notes, the trio is able to stretch out and use the space between the notes with careful precision. The instrumentation is similar to the influential Jimmy Giuffre Trio (with Paul Bley & Steve Swallow) and the sound of this current trio is often similar as well. A few of these pieces, like "Zobob" have that playful old-school swing that feels so good with strong solo from the tenor sax and piano. It is quite a nice thing to hear that great Giuffre Trio sound brought more up to date with some inspired solos and crafty arrangements. - BLG
| Artist: TORBEN SNEKKESTAD With JONAS WESTERGAARD/JON BALKE |
| Title: Conic Folded |
| Label: Ilk 153 Country: EEC |
| Format: CD Status: AVAILABLE $17.00 |
| Description: Featuring Torben Snekkestad on saxes & clarinet, Jonas Westergaard on bass and Jon Balke on prepared & unprepared piano. For well over a decade, the Norwegian saxophone player Torben Snekkestad has been one of the most prominent performers in various cutting edge line-ups on the Nordic new jazz and contemporary music scenes. With 'Conic Folded' he presents his long awaited debut CD. The album contains 11 new compositions by Snekkestad and he is accompanied by two of Scandinavia's most prominent jazz musicians, Norwegian pianist & ECM artist Jon Balke and Danish bass player Jonas Westergaard. Right from the start, the trio plays with that graceful, spacious, sublime delicacy. Using a minimum of notes, the trio is able to stretch out and use the space between the notes with careful precision. The instrumentation is similar to the influential Jimmy Giuffre Trio (with Paul Bley & Steve Swallow) and the sound of this current trio is often similar as well. A few of these pieces, like "Zobob" have that playful old-school swing that feels so good with strong solo from the tenor sax and piano. It is quite a nice thing to hear that great Giuffre Trio sound brought more up to date with some inspired solos and crafty arrangements. - BLG |