There are those kind of musicians
who never releases any material in their own name, but are found on dozens of
other people’s albums.
One of those musicians is trombone
player Mads Hyhne. But since he has a musical friend in Munch-Hansen, then
Hyhne doesn’t have to; he steals the spotlight anyway.
It’s on bass player, Nicolai Munch-Hansens’
third solo album you’ll hear Hyhne unfold. Listen to Land of Look Behind, where Hyhne’s
trombone fills both the melody and the room with yearning. It’s strong.
Suddenly it sounds as if the other
musicians only are extras on this album. That isn’t the case. Nicolai
Much-Hansen sticks to American sax-player Ned Ferm, who like Hyhne was a part
of the previous albums.
The album Æter isn’t as sedative as
it sounds. The American drummer, RJ Miller, adds the music a nice, flowing
rhythm. There are references in many directions, but still it’s a very tight
album. In-your-face-sax on Rocking Sunday. The hymn Levon is a greeting to
drummer Levon Helm from The Band who died last year. The title Kondignogen is
from a text by Danish writer Johannes V. Jensen.
Søren Kjærgaard on piano is last man
in the quintet. Nicolai Munch-Hansen has gathered four very personal musicians around
him. He keeps their personalities in his compositions.
Æter is contemporary jazz with a lot
of petty debts surrounding it.
Review: Niels Overgård. Translation:
DSI Swinging Europe.
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