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Jesse Stacken / Kirk Knuffke: Mockingbird

Read "Mockingbird" reviewed by Martin Longley

by Martin Longley
November 15, 2009

This album's subtitle is The Music of Thelonious Monk & Duke Ellington, and it's refreshing to find the two pianist/composers united in a single conception, pointing out that they probably have more similarities than differences. This selection's other strong point (and this is all before its players even strike a note) is that the repertoire avoids almost all of the accustomed tune choices. From Monk, there's “Light Blue," “Teo," “Reflections" and “Bright Mississippi." From Ellington (and Billy Strayhorn), “Such Sweet ...

Album Review

Jesse Stacken Trio: That That

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 15, 2009

Nato e cresciuto in Minnesota, Jesse Stacken si è trasferito a New York nel 2002 dove ha collaborato, tra gli altri, con Michael Blake, Peter Van Huffel e Donny McCaslin. Costituitosi nel 2005, il Jesse Stacken Trio debutta con questo That That per l'etichetta Fresh Sound New Talent. Piano trio di grande energia e raffinatezza costituito dal leader e due giovani rappresentanti della scena newyorkese - il contrabbassista norvegese Eivind Opsvik e il batterista Jeff Davis. La formazione esplora con ...