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DAG ARNESEN TRIO ~ ICE BREAKING LOSEN 296 (Barcode: 7090025832963) ~ NORWAY ~ Jazz Recorded: 2023 Released: 2024 This is an album by Norwegian Jazz pianist / composer Dag ArnesenFind albums by this artist and his classic Jazz piano trio with bassist Magne ThormodsaeterFind albums by this artist and drummer Oyvind SkarboFind albums by this artist. The album presents nine tracks, all original compositions by the leader. The album offers superb sound and balance, in the best tradition of the Norwegian sound recording tradition. The music is seemingly a melodic mainstream Jazz, but offers unusual rhythmic setting and structural complexity, which requires attentive listening and offers a certain feeling of tension and unexpectedness, which brings the music above the predictable level of fluidity, making things much more interesting than what is expected from a typical entertaining Jazz piano trio album, many of which are flooding the record market. The level of performance is also excellent from start to finish, as expected from a veteran musician like Arnesen, and the rhythm section, which offers perfect support every step of the way. The trio maintains an excellent balance between the instruments and fluid dynamics, which make it sound completely synchronized and harmonized. Overall, this is a very interesting and quite unusual Jazz piano trio album, which is likeable from the very first touch on the keyboard, but requires active involvement from the listener to absorb the aesthetic intricacy of its contents. Wholeheartedly recommended to all acoustic Jazz piano trio lovers out there!

Updated: 10/09/2024Posted: 10/09/2024

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