Olmedal/Falt/Aleklint/Milder

Olmedal/Falt/Aleklint/Milder: Silent Room

by AAJ Staff
March 6, 2004

On Silent Room, the Swedish quartet of bassist Nils Olmedal, drummer Jon Falt, trombonist Mats Aleklint, and tenor saxophonist Joakim Milder tackles a program consisting almost entirely of Thelonious Monk and Ornette Coleman compositions. According to Milder, “we try to use the compositions as starting points for free flowing, intuitive structures more than rigid interpretations of the original recordings." While the results may indeed be labelled as “free jazz," the music on Silent Room is also melodic, witty, and accessible.