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Still Picture
By Jon Opstad
Label: New Canvas Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Fjord Song; Three Words; Still Picture; Quiet Place; Athabasca
Jon Opstad: Still Picture
by Eric J. Iannelli
Twenty-one-year-old British drummer Jon Opstad's full-length début is a remarkably accomplished effort, heavily indebted to the ECM sound--atmospheric, evocative, sparing--but nevertheless supremely listenable and full of promise. Beginning with the introspective and melancholic Fjord Song," the five tracks meld and blur into a unified sequence of sonic scenes and moods, fading and shifting like a photographic ...
Jon Opstad: Still Picture
by John Kelman
With its 35-year history of landmark recordings, it's no surprise that the German ECM label has spawned its share of imitators. But more importantly it has also encouraged more than one generation of artist, who see its cool, austere aesthetic as a starting point for new directions. From the Nordic cool of Jan Garbarek, the neo-classicism ...