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Emil Strandberg: More music for trumpet, guitar and bass
ByThe approach remains the samemusic is created through subtle, sensitive negotiation between the musicians, searching for the space between their instruments. Out of careful listening, the composed arguments become clear and playfulness, drama and beauty are formed.
Strandberg has a gentle, warm tone and he explores the timbre of the trumpet in a modest and reserved manner, supported by wise, minimal touches of Ola-Landin and Stackenäs that strengthen the melodic motifs and the harmonic structure. The original pieces radiate a delicate melancholy and thoughtful humor, articulated with an impressive elegance and beauty, often associated with the Nordic school of ECM. Stackenäs even sounds (on "Audible forms") as if influenced by guitarist Ralph Towner's solo albums from the ECM seventies catalog. The short "We're the après-garde" highlights the clever, mischievous humor of the trio. Even the concise, upbeat cover of Paul Desmond's "Wintersong" and the contemplative cover of the Thelonious Monk standard "Ugly Beauty" stress the intimate and patient interplay.
Music is a rare beauty, even in such naked, elegant format.
Track Listing
Avant-propos; Wintersong; Nothing will come for my soul; Konish; Ugly beauty; Audible forms; Away, away; No, we’ll stay; We're the après- garde; Everything drifts; Love emerges, and it disappears.
Personnel
Emil Strandberg
trumpetEmil Strandberg: trumpet; David Stackenäs: guitar; Pär-Ola Landin: bass.
Album information
Title: More music for trumpet, guitar and bass | Year Released: 2014 | Record Label: Self Produced
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About Emil Strandberg
Instrument: Trumpet
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