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Sweden's preeminent jazz fusion band the Esbjörn Svensson Trio, named after the charismatic and inventive pianist, has been a sensation in Europe since the early '90s, capturing numerous Swedish Grammys (including one for Tuesday Wonderland long before its Stateside release), a French Grammy, and gold and platinum awards in their home country, Germany and France. But they deserve more than this -- a medal, actually -- for finding a unique blend of melodic jazz, classical, electronica and rock -- that has earned them an audience of both older jazz lovers and trendy hip-hop kids. It speaks to the freshness of their vibe that their videos play regularly on MTV Scandinavia and they're the only European jazz band ever to grace the cover of Downbeat. Though there are traditional elements at work, Tuesday Wonderland thrives on being unconventional. On the opening track "Fading Maid Pendulum," just as it's hypnotizing with a gentle, classically tinged piano melody, Dan Berglund jumps in with a brooding, distorted heavy metal bass craziness and drummer Magnus Ostrom goes cymbal crazy. It's electro-ambient jazz gone mad. The title track features Svensson's David Benoit-like, melodic dark-meets-light piano dichotomy over Ostrom's sharp, off-meter drums before some spacy electronica takes over for a spell. "Brewery of Beggars" is another inspired dose of insanity, darting from busy cymbal-piano swirls to softer, contemplative piano-bass moments. "Beggar's Blanket" puts those pesky beggars to sleep with a sweet, lullaby-like, straightforward trio ballad. The Pat Metheny-esque "Dolores in a Shoestand" explores the melodic and rhythmic potential of jazz, a vibe which extends to other enjoyably seductive pieces like "eighthundred Streets by Feet." "Goldwrap," on the other hand, is a marriage between trippy jazz and explosive trance music -- no wonder the kids love this stuff! Listening to this disc is a gloriously schizophrenic experience that will appeal more to adventurous listeners than those who prefer one style to another. But it was a great introduction to what makes Europe tick in the early 2000s jazz-wise. ~ Jonathan Widran
Composer: Esbjörn Svensson Trio.
E.S.T.: Dan Berglund (bass instrument); Esbjörn Svensson, Magnus Öström.
Personnel: Esbjörn Svensson (piano); Magnus Öström (drums, cymbals).
Audio Mixer: Ake Linton.
Recording information: Bohus Sound Recording Studios, Gothenburg, Sweden (03/2006).
Arrangers: Magnus Öström; Esbjörn Svensson; Dan Berglund.JazzTimes (p.96) - "Berglund and Ostrom create a musical hit-and-run through metallic bowing and a blast of crash cymbals....The message is clear -- expect the unexpected." Esbjorn Svensson Tuesday Wonderland Songs Tuesday Wonderland Music Review Purchase Tuesday Wonderland CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Manu Katche Neighbourhood CD (2006)
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The superb French/Ivory Coast drummer Manu Katche, long a backing force on many ECM sessions, steps out on his own for the first time on this label and comes up with a gem -- with a little help from some of the ECM stars. Indeed, "Neighbourhood" is a very appropriate title, for there are several interlocking orbits of personnel within this album. For a start, the CD marks another collaboration between trumpeter Tomasz Stanko and saxophonist Jan Garbarek, the latter whom Katche has been backing on and off since the early '90s. Moreover Stanko brought along part of his Polish rhythm team, pianist Marcin ...
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Having made an initial splash on her first two albums with sprightly dancefloor pop, as well as an initial attempt to look to English-language audiences, on Amour Toujours Lio often took a calmer road that harked back to earlier styles of French music, a move slightly paralleled in the classy cover photo courtesy of the legendary Robert Doisneau. Still, Amour Toujours is hardly simply a re-creation of the past -- producer Alain Chamfort had an ear for then state-of-the-art radio-friendly sounds, as the full thwack of the drums on "La Reine des Pommes" makes clear from the start. But for all the immediate airwave appeal, it's quite striking both how Lio sounds a little smoother and more confident on many tracks and how various orchestral and other instruments interweave with the straight-up rock sounds throughout. The sudden brass break toward the end of "La Vérité Toute Nue," the concluding strings on the moody highlight "J'Aime un Fantôme," and the piano on "Je Voudrais Bien Me Sentir Mal" all highlight this tendency well, and Lio's performances are appropriately top-notch. At points Chamfort creates a full-on retro background -- there's nothing but strings and brass on the near waltz-time "Grenade," while the piano-led, easily swinging "Plus Je T'Embrasse" is a pure delight. Meantime, songs like the almost ska-paced "Zip a Doo Wah" show that the total kineticism of her earlier work has hardly gone away, and is merely directed toward other goals. As part of the 2006 reissue, an extended version of "Zip a Doo Wah" is included, as well as other tracks from the time, including assorted holiday numbers like "Noël" and "Sleighride" as well as her contemporaneous hit single "Tétéou." ~ Ned Raggett
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