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Jorn Swart

Jorn Swart is a pianist, composer, and arranger, currently living and performing in NYC. The Dutch pianist's refined playing and emotive compositions have garnered him much recognition, both in the USA and in Europe. His latest project Malnoia is an unorthodox project that mixes jazz and chamber music. Their first CD was released in 2017 and was critically acclaimed. In January 2018 the trio presented the album in a series of CD-presentations in the Netherlands, and made an appearance on national television in the TV-show Vrije Geluiden. In April of that year, they performed in Egypt in Cairo and at the legendary Library of Alexandria. In June, Malnoia opened the “European Sound Series” as part of The Blue Note Jazz Festival in New York City.

Jorn Swart: Malnoia

Read "Malnoia" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
May 22, 2018

Questo Malnoia è un lavoro singolare sin dalla composizione biografica dei suoi tre componenti, tutti presenti sulla scena newyorchese ma per due terzi di provenienza euroepa -olandese Jorn Swart, tedesco Benjamin Gutzeit -mentre l'ultimo membro, Lucas Pino, viene dall'Arizona. Ma ancor più singolare è il fatto che accanto al pianoforte del leader si trovino la viola di Gutzeit e il solo clarinetto basso di Pino (di fatto multistrumentista), per formare un complesso dalle sonorità decisamente cameristiche. Aggiungiamo a ...

Album Review

Jorn Swart: Malnoia

by Dan Bilawsky
April 24, 2017

The debut from Dutch pianist Jorn Swart--A Day In The Life Of Boriz (Mainland Records, 2013)--presented music with an eccentric tilt crafted by a fairly conventional quartet. This sophomore date continues along an offbeat path, delivering an incredibly absorbing collection of curious curios, but it does so with a less-than-conventional instrumental line-up in place. Malnoia turns the idea of the piano trio on its head. Swart forgoes the hustle and bustle of drums and the ballast of ...

Recording

Jorn Swart And Malnoia’s Sophomore Album 'Hello Future' Explores What It Means To Be Human In The Digital Age Through A Masterful Hybrid Of Music And Short Stories

Source: Outside in Music
February 9, 2021

In an ever-changing and increasingly digital world, it becomes more difficult to define what it is to be human, and the role and relevance of art are pondered. Pianist, composer, and bandleader Jorn Swart and his trio Malnoia tackle these questions head-on in their new album Hello Future. Through their original music, they draw on an eclectic pool of influences ranging from sci-fi film to philosophy, and pair their compositions with short fiction. Hello Future is an artistic exploration of ...
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