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Liner Notes

Morten Schantz Trio: Passenger

Read "Morten Schantz Trio: Passenger" reviewed by Ian Patterson


It might be tempting to view Morten Schantz's Passenger as a lockdown album, recorded as it was during those strange times of isolation, but the music can perhaps better be understood as the culmination of personal and musical growth stretching back over more than two decades. Schantz first led a piano trio whilst still a teenager, in the late '90s. Baby steps, for sure, he admits. 'I was so young... It was more about learning the language of ...

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Album Review

Torben Westergaard: Then/Now

Read "Then/Now" reviewed by Geno Thackara


While Torben Westergaard has had a grand time bouncing from one surprising idea to another to another in previous years--crossing oceans with his Tangofied series, crossing continents with the Euro-Korean Gori Project (self produced, 2020), plus a few more niche-focused detours in between--it turns out it is just as pleasant to hear him settled on comfortably familiar ground. Rather than searching for a particular theme, Westergaard found himself in a more introspective mood as a result of pandemic-mandated time at ...

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Album Review

Mark Solborg, Anders Banke, Bjørn Heebøll: Angels

Read "Angels" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Cinque temi originali (per lo più di Mark Solborg) più due di Monk, uno in sé e per sé e uno riverniciato (quanto riconoscibilissimo), la titletrack ayleriana e il conclusivo “Harvest Breed" di Nick Drake compongono questo album, che nelle geometrie non può non rimandare allo storico trio di Paul Motian con Joe Lovano e Bill Frisell. Le differenze sostanziali risiedono nel fatto che Anders Banke suona anche il clarinetto basso e che il tono è complessivamente più scuro, morbido, ...


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