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Joëlle Léandre / Elizabeth Harnik / Zlatko Kaućić: Live In St. Johann
ByThis trio is a natural progression from several previous duo outings. Leandre and Harnik released Tender Music (Trost, 2018), Harnik and Kaučič produced One Foot In The Air (Not Two, 2023), and Leandre and Kaučič can be heard in duo on Beauty/Resistance (Not Two, 2021).
That burning house metaphor is an appropriate image for Live In St. Johann from March 3, 2023. Recorded at the ARTACTS Festival, the spotless sound places the listener front and center in the audience. The concert opens with the trinkle tinkle of Harnik's piano, the clatter of percussion, and Leandre's dynamic bowed double bass. The 17-minute track wastes no energy through hesitation, as the three gel from the onset. As expected, Leandre's bass is the driver throughout the concert, accelerating the affair and providing the impulse for solos by Harnik and Kaučič. Even her wordless vocalizations that accompany her bass are incendiary. Both Harnik and Kaučič's responses are spot on either accenting Leandre or spun off into a new improvising orbit.
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Live in St. Johann 1; Live in St. Johann 2; Live in St. Johann 3; Live in St. Johann 4; Live in St. Johann 5.
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Title: Live In St. Johann | Year Released: 2024 | Record Label: Fundacja Sluchaj
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