Mira

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MiraOpis:Product DescriptionAfter the eruptive excitement of their Live at Belleville album, which was widely praised around the world (and secured for leader Arild Andersen the Prix du Musicien Européen 2008 from the Academie du Jazz in France), illustrious Norwegian bassist Andersen, tenorist Tommy Smith and drummer Paolo Vinaccia now deliver a studio album. In Oslo's Rainbow, the trio rechanneled their music's energies into a programme of soulful ballads and mid-tempo free-floating sound explorations. The pairing of Andersen's muscular bass and Smith's vaulting tenor is exceptionally compelling (as the recent "Celebration" album also confirmed) and Vinaccia's approach to ballad-playing is like nobody else's. Most of the tunes on Mira are from Arild's pen, though his cohorts also contribute material, with Smith switching to shakuhachi for an improvised dialogue with Vinaccia on "Raijin". Tommy Smith also shines on Burt Bacharach's "Alfie", a tune the trio have been playing as an encore in concerts, savouring the prettiness of the melody. Trio leader Andersen has played in almost every jazz ensemble context over the years, but there is something especially satisfying about hearing him in the bare boned trio format of sax, bass and drums. For long-time Andersen listeners this trio will also trigger memories of Arild in the early 1970s, with the Triptykon-trio with Garbarek and Vesala, and the Sam Rivers Trio. The absence of a harmony instrument opens up new space for creative interplay and the three musicians, listening acutely, use it very well. Personnel: Arild Andersen (double bass, electronics), Paolo Vinaccia (drums), Tommy Smith (tenor saxophone, shakuhachi flute)Review(4 stars) Andersen and Smith may come from different jazz generations but both rose to relative eminence while precociously young. Instead of blazing briefly, they kept on getting better, as this excellent trio set proves. --The Independent On Sunday, (Phil Johnson), January 26, 2014Neither Andersen nor Smith, has ever sounded so bewitching. Andersen's tone has always been a thing of beauty and his playing here is by turns robustly supportive, subtly suggestive and pliantly probing while Smith plays with a tenderness and sonic awareness that are simply wonderful. --Sunday Herald, (Rob Adams), February 2, 2014Throughout the creative burden rests fairly and squarely on Smith's shoulders as the ensemble's lead voice, and the way he handles it, with maturity and elegance of phrasing, speaks of his growing stature as an artist. --Jazzwise, (Stuart Nicholson), February 2014(4 stars) Compelling...

The Norwegian bass player is a master on his instrument, and his rich sonority, harmonic ingenuity and flowing improvisations lie at the heart of the trio's intricate three-way conversation. --The Scotsman, (Kenny Mathieson), January 25, 2014Smith and Andersen - both lovers of the simple, telling folk-theme - are made for each other. Joined by percussionist Paolo Vinaccia they've been working as a trio since 2007, and Mira's repertoire of pensive melodies like early-Garbarek tracks, tone-poems shadowed by sparing electronics, and the odd diversion for shakuhachi flute and even Burt Bacharach's Alfie shows just how imaginatively they've evolved. --The Guardian, (John Fordham), January 24, 2014Mira is a more reflective work, but still a creation of immense power. Smith's saxophone, with its rich and vibrant tone, snakes smoothly around the muscular melodic bass lines of the masterful Andersen, while Vinaccia's drumming is always just perfect for each evolving musical moment...

Brilliant playing, and exceptionally well recorded at the Rainbow Studio in Oslo by the great engineer Jan Erik Kongshaug. --Jazz Camera, (John Watson), January 2014Mira might have fewer fireworks than Live at Belleville but there are small detonations and fascinating asides that surprise and detain prolonged interest in the repertoire, including even the slightly nostalgic but welcome choiceAutor:Arild AndersenNośnik:Audio CDPłyt:Język: English: Published; English: Original Language; EnglishData wydania: 2014-01-20Waga: 0.24 gramWysokość: 0.4 cmSzerokość: 5 cmDługość: 5.6 cmUWAGA: Kupując produkt na tej aukcji zgadzasz się na wydłużony termin realizacji wysyłki (10-14 dni roboczych). Podany towar pochodzi z zagranicznego magazynu, stąd wydłużony czas realizacji który podany jest obok.