Jazz Articles about Thomas Dahl

Thomas Dahl & Court: Quilter

by Friedrich Kunzmann
June 9, 2019

Liner notes very elaborately explain the main musical concept that defines guitarist Thomas Dahl's first release with his own band, Quilter. Layers. Phrases are introduced by one instrument, then picked up and turned around by another while soaring guitar cries enter and find accompaniment by polyrhythmic percussion on drums. Though, here, accompanying doesn't only go in one direction; each instrument is an equal partner in these eight highly-engaging conversations, and everything builds up on each other. As a sideman to ...