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Tommy Koverhult - Ove Hollner: In a Cool Way
Ove Hollner e Tommy Koverhult scelgono un approccio vecchio stampo, ossia centralità della melodia, sempre riconoscibile durante l’esecuzione, ed improvvisazione intesa come parafrasi, ossia una sequenza di modificazioni del tema che non viene mai cancellato.
Hollner, un precursore negli anni sessanta della fusion svedese, si esibisce esclusivamente alle tastiere elettriche. Nessun spazio solistico, nessuna ricerca timbrica particolare, solo un semplice sostegno armonico per Koverhult. Che suona il sax tenore come ormai non si usa più, alla maniera dei Ben Webster, dei Coleman Hawkins, dei Lester Young. E se ai primi due può essere associato per la qualità del timbro caldo e sensuale, di Prez possiede la rilassatezza del fraseggio ed un approccio cool, quasi distaccato al materiale sonoro.
In a Cool Way, per l’appunto. Contro il logorio della vita moderna, ma ... pesantemente didattico.
Track Listing
01. Days of Wine And Roses (Mancini); 02. I Love You (Porter); 03. How Insensitive (Jobim); 04. Lady Bird (Dameron); 05. Stella by Starlight (Young); 06. A Foggy Day (Gerhwin); 07. Blue Bossa (Dorham); 08. I Should Care (Cahn/Stordhal/Weston); 09. Just Friends (Klemmer/Lewis); 10. When I Fall in Love (Heyman/Young); 11. Gentle Rain (Bonfa); 12. How High the Moon.
Personnel
Tommy Koverhult (sax tenore); Ove Hollner (tastiere).
Album information
Title: In a Cool Way | Year Released: 2008 | Record Label: Dragon Records
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