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Matthias Van den Brande: Fields of Color
by Artur Moral
A non-harmonic quartet raises unexpected questions Can an essentially orthodox musical effort accurately reflect the most unconventional art? Is a concept album more attractive than others, simply by being one? Can a written review meaningfully convey insights about a score inspired by the creations of painter Mark Rothko, whose canvases, in turn, were conceived to express the intense sensations that poetry and classical music, particularly Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, stirred in him? Indeed, we face a disc that provokes a multitude ...
Continue ReadingMicheal Murray's Colourfield: Rounded Nature
by Ian Patterson
It is a long way from Falcarragh to Amsterdam. The distance is measured not so much in kilometers as in culture. Alto saxophonist Micheal Murray hails from the former, a small Irish-speaking town on the windswept coast of County Donegal. In this part of the world, Irish traditional music has deep roots, and the pubs resonate with country music. Even there, where the only other jazz musician was his twin brother, double bassist Conor, the siblings learned jazz on their ...
Continue ReadingMorten Duun: Code Breaker
by Jerome Wilson
This album by guitarist Morten Duun constructs a delicate and indeterminate beauty from just a few elements: guitar, trumpet, drums and occasional piano and voice. The music is a gauzy blend of sounds set in a lush silence reminiscent of some of the ECM recordings of Ralph Towner. There is a dreamy feel to the interplay of Duun's strummed guitar and Brandon Choi's echoing trumpet on “Everything You Say is a Spoon," with drummer Wouter Kuhne rumbling in the background. ...
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