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  | PABLO HELD ~ LINEAGE
PIROUET 3094 (Barcode: 4260041180949) ~ GERMANY ~ Jazz
Recorded: 2016 Released: 2016
This is the 8th album by the German pianist / composer Pablo HeldFind albums by this artist and his trio with bassist Robert LandfermannFind albums by this artist and drummer Jonas BurgwinkelFind albums by this artist, which marks the 10th Anniversary of the trio’s existence and recording career. The album presents eight tracks, all original compositions by the leader.
The music is excellent modern European Jazz, based on solid compositions, with a melodic core but a lot of freedom and odd meters, as appropriate for the occasion. The trio is perfectly synchronized and the music flows briskly, despite the fact that the rhythmic structures are quite complex and require patience and attention in order to be followed.
Held is a very gifted pianist with a wide array of technical abilities, who is able to switch moods and atmospheres on the flow, which is perhaps not very easy to follow by a less trained ear, but highly effective. The rhythm section is able to support these uneven changes in mood and tempi with ease and stands behind the leader faithfully for the entire duration.
European Jazz followers will notice that the entire aesthetics of the music and the trio’s performances are very close to the Scandinavian school and the early ECMFind albums on this label sound, which is not explicitly mimicked, but definitely recognizable, which should make the connoisseurs of these genres very happy.
Overall, this is a very good piano trio album, with a modern and quite open attitude to Jazz, almost Free but not quite, which is far from being easily likeable, but offers high quality musical experience, rewarding the attentive listener. Definitely not music for cocktail parties ;)
| | Updated: 11/09/2024Posted: 30/08/2024 | CD 1 Digipak Recommend To A Friend |
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