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SE-Quartet: Going North
by Chris Mosey
This album is dedicated to the refugees who have arrived in Scandinavia in recent years. On the day it was released, April 7 2017, one of those refugees, Rakhmat Akilov, aged 39, drove a hijacked truck into the entrance of the Åhlens department store in the centre of Stockholm, the Swedish capital, killing four people. Akilov, an unstable character with Islamic State sympathies, was upset because his application for a residence permit had been refused and he ...
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by Chris Mosey
This album showcases the talents of two young, talented, Scandinavian jazzmen: Danish pianist Rasmus H. Thomsen and Swedish saxophonist David Ehrlin. It is flawed by lack of direction, occasional pretension, and the inclusion of strings on four numbers, but hints very strongly at greater things to come from both players.Tears In The Rain is more modern mood music than jazz. The exception is the most successful number, “Safe In Your Hands." Composed by Thomsen, it is funky and ...
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