Release Date: 24 September 2021
Label: Storyville Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 717101434626
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
A convincing, warm and enticing "Westcoast-Latin-jazz" cocktail made of equal parts jazz-samba, bossa-nova, cha-cha and bolero.
In 1996 the Danish vibraphonist/composer Morten Gronvad spent six months in Los Angeles studying with percussionists Emil Richards and Alex Acuna. By coincidence he met and became friends with the great jazz pianist Clare Fischer - a very influential musician, who both Bill Evans and Herbie Hancock have stated as one of their major musical inspirations.
Morten Gronvad's interest for Clare Fischer's music has persisted, and in 2019 he and the very expressive alto saxophonist, Jens Sondergaard, got the idea of recording an album based on Clare Fischer's compositions with their group Gronvad/Sondergaard Quintet. Lead by Morten Gronvad and Jens Sondergaard's beautiful and melodic sound, the quintet has created this worthy and wholeheartedly homage to Clare Fischer and his music, underlining the importance of his musical creativity. The delicately accompanying rhythm section consists of pianist Thomas Borno, bassist Niels Wilhelm Knudsen and drummer Niclas Campagnol.
Tracklisting
Lennart Ginman, Thomas Blachman & Carsten Dahl
Doug Raney Quartet
Sophisticated Ladies
Michel Petrucciani Trio
Rosa Passos
Peter Vuust Quartet
Carsten Dahl Ensemble
Danish Radio Big Band
Stephane Kerecki; Marc Copland; Tore Brunborg; Fabrice Moreau; Ralph Alessi
Quatuor Hanson; Philippe Hattat; Theo Fouchenneret; Emmanuel Jacquet; Rodolphe Thery
Ensemble Fractales; Elis Hallik
Ensemble InterContemporain
Carla Rees, RSNO Wind Ensemble
Silvia Tarozzi; Deborah Walker; Julia Eckrardt
Orchestre Victor Hugo; Orchestre National de Bretagne
Alexej Gerassimez, SIGNUM saxophone quartet
