Jazz Articles about Peter Madsen

Peter Madsen Trio: The Litchfield Suite

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 30, 2010

Dopo Wynton Marsalis, ecco un'altra ambiziosa suite dedicata ad una kermesse jazz. Si tratta del Lichtfield Jazz Festival, cui ora rende omaggio Peter Madsen per far rivivere umori, luoghi, persone di un appuntamento estivo seguitissimo negli Stati Uniti. Seppur dal vivo, è un disco minuziosamente costruito, contrassegnato più dalla ricerca dell'idea musicale che dallo sfoggio del virtuosismo strumentale peraltro presente. È una musica che pur incanalata entro l'alveo della tradizione postboppistica, non se ne lascia soffocare, grazie alla connotazione di ...

Peter Madsen: Prevue of Tomorrow

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 10, 2006

Giunto alla soglia dei cinquant’anni, Peter Madsen imprime una improvvisa svolta alla sua musica grazie a questa incisione in solitudine per la label indipendente Playscape. Contrariamente alla sua non certo esaltante passata discografia sia da leader che come componente dei Three Of A Kind, questa è un opera di valore, che si svincola dai consueti canoni pianistici. Il suo titolo è quanto mai indicativo nel rimandare all’omonima suite di Sun Ra, pianista tra i più visionari ed iconoclasti dell’intera storia ...

Peter Madsen: Comfortable Inside and Out

by R.J. DeLuke
June 5, 2006

Pianist Peter Madsen is well rounded in his jazz foundation, having played inside the mainstream and outside. He has the knowledge, musicianship and technique for both, and in fact says he comes by it honestly, being attracted to both sides as a youngster.

“I can tell you the first two records I bought. Maybe that's why I've been fascinated with both sides of jazz, straight ahead and very avant-garde things. That was Oscar Peterson Night Train (Verve, 1962) ...

Peter Madsen: Prevue of Tomorrow

by Robert R. Calder
May 20, 2006

Aimez-vous Prokofiev? Granados? These composers' piano pieces are good markers of the genre of most of this set, which is based on compositions by the most fascinating individual jazz pianists. The chosen pianists were (and some still are) idiosyncratic and individual, although some were nearer than others to “Legit techniques and 20th Century piano music.

There's no doubting Madsen's ability to analyse and dismantle the original compositions of these distinctive, unique, non-routine stylists. He also has the considerable compositional ability ...

Peter Madsen: Prevue of Tomorrow

by Jerry D'Souza
April 22, 2006

Peter Madsen has brought his technique to several recordings, often giving them a direction and pursuit that showcases his creativity. His improvisations have a deep-rooted harmonic strength, and he makes this a takeoff point for some colourful and imaginative flights. That the muse still stirs the fires in him is once again evidenced on Prevue of Tomorrow as he takes on a wide-ranging body of work solo.

Madsen is comfortable with the music he has chosen. His approach hones in ...

Ted Levine w/Peter Madsen: Night Sounds

by Jerry D'Souza
November 6, 2003

Five of the tunes here were written, the rest improvised; a good enough balance to determine the rapport between the two. Do they get their chops off only from the written note or can they fathom and spar, merge and mate with the thought processes that emanate as they play, and at the end of it all hold up a logical whole? Ted Levine and Peter Madsen succeed, even as they move across different forms and structures that they essay ...

Peter Madsen: Sphere Essence - Another Side of Monk

by Frank Rubolino
June 25, 2003

Peter Madsen pays tribute to Thelonious Monk and his music on the solo piano recording Sphere Essence ' Another Side of Monk. Madsen spreads the canvas with rich textures, bringing the well-known compositions to life through his expansive resolution of their complexities. Monk's music has had more exposure since his death than I would imagine he ever dreamed possible; yet Madsen stamps the selections with a unique identity and brings freshness and vitality to the repertoire.

The pianist employs various ...