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The Zoo Is Far

By Christian Wallumrod

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Nash Lontano; Backwards Henry II; Parkins Cembalo; Fragment no. 6; Psalm Kv

The Zoo Is Far

By Arve Henriksen

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: 1. Nash Lontano; 2. Backwards Henry II; 3. Parkins Cembalo; 4. Fragment no. 6; 5. Psalm Kvæn, solo; 6. Fragment no. 2; 7. Music For One Cat; 8. Arch Dance; 9. Psalm Kvæn, tutti; 10. The Zoo Is Far; 11. Fragment no. 7; 12. Backwards Henry I; 13. Fragment no. 3; 14. Detach A (Wallumrød / Orning /Henriksen); 15. Need Elp; 16. Psalm Kvæn, trio; 17. Detach B (Wallumrød / Larsen / Henriksen); 18. Backwards Henry With Drums (Wallumrød / Johansen); 19. Arpa; 20. Detach C (Wallumrød / Orning / Larsen / Henriksen); 21. Arch Dance With Trumpet; 22. Fragment no. 1; 23. Psalm Kvæn, quartet; 24. Allemande Es; Tutte le composizioni sono di Christian Wallumrød, dove non indicato diversamente.

The Zoo is Far

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Nash Lontano; Backwards Henry II; Parkins Cembalo; Fragment no. 6; Psalm Kv

Christian Wallumrod: The Zoo Is Far

by Budd Kopman
August 7, 2007

With The Zoo Is Far, pianist/composer Christian Wallumrød increases his compositional control of the musical forces, now a sextet, at his disposal. This is music of the interior mind, which has an intensity fused to a melancholic beauty. It is mesmerizing, while existing at the boundary of composition and jazz. The quartet that ...

Christian Wallumrod Ensemble: The Zoo is Far

by John Kelman
July 20, 2007

Like many Scandinavian musicians, pianist Christian Wallumrod leads a double life. As a collaborator with artists including singer Sidsel Endresen, saxophonist Karl Seglem and guitarist Jon Eberson, he's an electric player capable of fitting into more jazz-centric (albeit often Nu Jazz) contexts. On his all-acoustic ECM discography, however, he's led a series of groups exploring a ...

Christian Wallumrod: The Zoo Is Far

by Nenad Georgievski
July 17, 2007

Pianist Christian Wallumrød expands his quartet to a sextet forThe Zoo is Far. Alongside returning trumpeter Arve Henriksen and drummer Per Oddvar Johansen, Wallumrød introduces three string players--violinist Gjermund Larsen (who replaces Nils Økland), cellist Tanja Orning and Baroque harpist Giovanna Pessi. This unique cast of highly-gifted performers makes music that at the same time seems ...

Christian Wallumrød Ensemble: The Zoo Is Far

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 8, 2007

Le ultime tendenze scandinave sembrano privilegiare atmosfere solenni, maestose, quasi liturgiche. Si pensi agli album di Trygve Seim, o a certi echi religiosi che si possono qua e là riscontarre nella musica di Arve Henriksen. Non fa eccezione “The Zoo Is Far”, quarto album pubblicato per l'ECM da Wallumrød, che nell'occasione ha allargato il suo Ensemble ...