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EH3: Close to Nothing
by Glenn Astarita
EH3, comprising guitarist Erland Helbø, bassist Frode Berg, and drummer Erik Smith, presents a vibrant fusion of jazz-rock on Close to Nothing. Recorded in January 2025 at Schizophonia Studio in Jessheim, Norway, the album draws from American traditions of blues, soul, and funk, while infusing Scandinavian precision and exploratory spirit. The group demonstrates tight ensemble work, with Helbø's guitars leading melodic adventures, Berg's bass providing rhythmic depth, and Smith's drums offering dynamic propulsion. Occasional additions of Hammond organ and synthesizers ...
Continue ReadingTerje Rypdal: Odyssey: In Studio and In Concert
by John Kelman
To achieve confluence, an artist must first demonstrate multiplicity. With the benefit of hindsight, the meeting of disparate concepts might appear inevitable when reassessing a decades-long career, but few artists actually possess not only the building blocks but the intuition and acumen to achieve what is, in Sanskrit, called Sangam. That ECM has two recordings using that very name—Trygve Seim's sublime 2004 meshing of rigorous form and controlled freedom, and Charles Lloyd's similarly successful 2006 marriage of cross-cultural concerns--is but ...
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