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Cirrus: Chorale
by Ian Patterson
It has taken eight years for Cirrus to produce a follow-up to Méli Mélo (NORCD, 2013), the Norwegian quartet's highly impressive debut. The long hiatus merely reflects the multiple projects that have steered vocalist/pianist Eva Bjerga Haugen, tenor saxophonist Inge Weatherhead Breistein, double bassist Theodor Barsnes Onarheim and drummer Stein Inge Braekhus in all manner of different directions. In the intervening years, Haugen, for example, has recorded with Liv Runesdatter's experimental chamber ensemble Song Circus, paid tribute to ...
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by Ian Patterson
Norwegian group Cirrus started life as a drummerless trio when singer Eva Bjerga Haugen, saxophonist Inge Weatherhead Breistein and bassist Theodor Barsnes Onarheim met while studying performance and improvisation at the University of Stavanger. The final piece of the puzzle fell into place when teacher and drummer Stein Inge Braekhus joined for this debut recording, bringing a heightened sense of groove and shifting dynamics to what is essentially chamber jazz. Though the strikingly gifted Haugen may garner most plaudits for ...
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