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Simon Toldam Trio: Kig Op 14

Read "Kig Op 14" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


Music is a sensory art. Hands touching the keyboard, bass strings that are plucked and the rustling of cymbals. Sounds form patterns and familiar sounds become clichés and then the trouble starts. The immediacy of the first movement, that first touch is lost. In a sense, every musician battles this process that dulls the listener's senses and transforms new and exciting sounds into the echoes of yesterday. The trick is to change perspective to see and hear ...

Album Review

Simon Toldam Orkester: Stork

Read "Stork" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Un sestetto guidato dal pianista Simon Toldam esplora le dinamiche più sottili del linguaggio di ricerca prodotto dal jazz europeo più legato al camerismo contemporaneo. Toldam è attivo e molto apprezzato in Danimarca, dove ha vinto premi come leader orchestrale specie nel biennio 2006-2007, è attualmente componente del trio di Han Bennink e ha collaborato con i più bei nomi dell'improvvisazione storica. Ma la sua musica non persegue fini esteticamente estremi. Anzi, si sofferma sulla riflessione analitica: una linea melodica ...


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