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Uto Kifa
Lars Winberg
Label: https://amm-records.dk/
Released: 2026
Duration: 00:34:00
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Tracks
1. Hen på efteråret talte de flere gange om hvorvidt vinteren ville bringe frost / During the autumn they often talked about whether the winter would bring frost . 2. I den sene skumring begyndte én ude foran pludselig at nynne en melodi mod et lysende punkt i horisonten / In the late dusk someone in the front suddenly began to hum a melody towards a beaming point in the horizon. 3. Landskab i grå toner / Countryside in grey tonality. 4. Paskval / Trouble with the passport. 5. På bagsiden af bølgen syntes bruset uendeligt / At the backside of the wave the sound of the surf seemed infinite. 6. På farmen var der ingen anden udvej end at begynde at danse. Vals til de berøvede. Thanks for the music, Steve. / At the farm the only escape was to dance. Walz to the robbed. Thanks for the music, Steve. 7. Tåge / Fog.
Personnel
Lars Winberg
bass, electric
Hans Ulrik
saxophoneMads la Cour
trumpetPeter Kohlmetz Møller
keyboardsTobias Winberg
electronicsAdam Winberg
drumsAlbum Description
Uto Kifa is a new name in the Danish jazz scene. The band is built on the former ELEkTRO that released two albums: "ELEkTRO feat. John Tchicai" (2011) and "ELEkTRO feat. Rudi Mahall & Even Hermansen" (2014). Both albums were well received by the press which noted the bands’ ability to cross and combine musical borders. The album "ELEkTRO feat John Tchicai" was in 2012 nominated to a Grammy by The Danish Jazz Society and became the same year elected as 'Album of the Year' in The New York City Jazz Record.
Where ELEkTRO had a touch of avantgarde and free-jazz, Uto Kifa is working with compositions in harmonic patterns, but still with room and open spaces for improvisation. The music has an international touch with a nordic flavor of warm melancholy in as well composition as expression and timbre. The melodic material is built on simple and catchy themes and phrases in a firm harmonic structure but often in a floating form with metric changes. Underneath it all, a strong groove.
The members of the band are familiar in many corners of modern jazz and rock. Each carrying his bag of experience, tone and musical expression. In the melting pot, the magic happens!
The music is written by bass player Lars Winberg and gets its unique sound and voice in Uto Kifa.
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