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Emil Brandqvist Trio: Poems For Travellers
by Neil Duggan
With over 50 million streams across global digital platforms, the Emil Brandqvist Trio has established itself as one of the most compelling trios in Europe. The Scandinavian band's previous release, Layers of Life (Skip Records, 2023), demonstrated the trio's rising international appeal, securing the No. 2 position on the German jazz charts and setting the stage for their follow-up, Poems for Travellers. This is the trio's seventh album, and throughout their journey, the line-up has remained unchanged, occasionally ...
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by Neil Duggan
It seems to be increasingly common for drummers and bassists to take eminence in piano trios. Swedish drummer Emil Brandqvist is the creative lead of the Emil Brandqvist Trio. His elegiac, cinematic and atmospheric compositions are showcased on Layers of Life. His constant partners over six albums are Finnish pianist, Tuomas Turunen and double bassist, Max Thornberg. Many tracks feature additional textures provided by the Sjöströmska String Quartet and Maija Kauhanen, playing kantele, voice and harmonium. Brandqvist occasionally adds his ...
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