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Michael Dalgas Trio: Death of a Tree
by Phillip Woolever
Danish drummer Michael Dalgas' second release was composed while he overcame some considerable challenges, including a bout of depression and an extensive physical rehabilitation process which lasted over ten years. The result is a very good album, with a discernably powerful emotional foundation and varying selection of solid songs. “In 2010 I fell while having a friendly fight with a friend and broke both bones in the left forearm," Delgas told All About Jazz. “I had to go ...
read moreLars Fiil: Frit Fald (Free Fall)
by Vincenzo Roggero
Lars Fiil è un pianista danese non ancora trentenne che ha all'attivo un album di debutto con i fiocchi -Reconsideration è stato nominato per il Danish Music Award -con un quartetto vincitore dell'altrettanto prestigioso Young Danish Jazz Comets. Ma Fiil è anche e soprattutto un pianista/compositore di sorprendente maturità e originalità. Lo dimostra ampiamente con questo Frit Fald (Free Fall) album (in senso letterale, in quanto pubblicato solo in formato long playing e in download) nel quale si avvale dell'apporto ...
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by Jakob Baekgaard
All musicians work with sound, but their approaches are different. To some, it starts with a melody, to others it begins with a groove and then there are those who are simply interested in sound. Danish pianist Lars Fiil, who has previously based his compositions around melodies and grooves, is starting to move in a direction where he has become more of a sound explorer. Fortunately, he has not shunned the idea of rhythm and melody completely. ...
read moreLars Fiil: Reconsideration
by AAJ Italy Staff
Fa sempre piacere imbattersi in musicisti nuovi, giovani, interessanti. Vincitore dello Young Jazz Comets Denmark nel 2010, il ventiquattrenne pianista danese Lars Fiil è qui al suo disco d'esordio, alla testa di un quartetto di coetanei (il più giovane è il bassista, ventiduenne; la più anziana - per così dire - è la sassofonista, ventiseienne). Sottolineiamo il dato anagrafico non per pignoleria, ma perché la maturità compositiva del leader e la maturità esecutiva della band sono notevoli. In un blindfold ...
read moreLars Fiil Quartet: Reconsideration
by Jakob Baekgaard
Hailing from Aarhus, Lars Fiil is one of the latest discoveries on the Danish jazz scene. The young Danish pianist's quartet won the prestigious Young Jazz Comets Denmark in 2010, and is now ready to launch its debut, Reconsideration. The album, consisting entirely of compositions penned by the leader, shows a band whose understanding of the complexities of musical form belies its young age. While each of the members is certainly a highly skilled musician, instrumental prowess ...
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