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Oyvind Braekke: Wilderness

Read "Wilderness" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Il trombonista Øyvind Brække è uno dei massimi strumentisti norvegesi ed è conosciuto per le incisioni Ecm col quartetto cooperativo The Source, la presenza nella Trondheim Jazzorkester e varie collaborazioni internazionali con Chick Corea, Arild Andersen e col sassofonista scozzese Tommy Smith. A cinquant'anni d'età registra il suo primo disco da leader in un sestetto strumentalmente anomalo comprendente trombone, viola e sax tenore più una ritmica con chitarra come strumento armonico. Anche i partner sono 40/50enni appartenenti al ...

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Øyvind Braekke: Wilderness

Read "Wilderness" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann


Best known for his work with fellow countrymen Trygve Seim, Per Oddvar Johansen and Mats Eilertsen on ECM's The Source (ECM 2006), trombonist Øyvind Braekke belongs among Norway's hidden treasures as far as arrangers and composers go. On Wilderness he displays delicate oversight at arranging six voices so that each instrument conveys a unique purpose. From intimate dialogues to orchestral proportions, the sextet covers a large spectrum sonically as well as compositionally—delivering a diversified yet conceptually determined set of exciting ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Wilderness

Oslo Session Recordings
2020

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