Kim Kristensen

Kim Kristensen: PULSE OF TIME

by AAJ Staff
June 1, 1999

Due to it’s heavy reliance on synthesizers, flute, and electronic percussion, it would be simple for the casual jazz listener to dismiss this recording as progressive rock, ambient (whatever that term means anymore), or at worst “new age.” But these judgements would be hasty and inappropriate. Although PULSE OF TIME certainly resides on the fringes of jazz, it is equally clear that the music herein stands with each foot planted firmly within territories occupied by both composition and improvisation. The ...