Release Date: 03 February 2017
Label: Jazzland
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 687437790393
Genres: Jazz  Electronic  
Release Date: 03 February 2017
Label: Jazzland
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 687437790393
Genres: Jazz  Electronic  
Description
Reissue of Bugge Wesseltoft's classic 2009 solo album 'Playing', an album of rich sound, texture and colour that showcases his more light hearted "trickster" side, after the deep intensity of its predecessor 'IM'.
Contemplative piano solo pieces like the title track "Playing" and "Talking To MySelf" (Parts 1 & 2) gracefully glide between playful original compositions like "Singing" and "Hands", both featuring vocals by Bugge himself, in the traditions of "Somewhere In Between" and "Come On Buddy (You Got Green Light)". "Hands" propels a blues groove through John Cage's music room on a journey to Professor Longhair's lunar New Orleans.
The willingness to embrace technology as part of the solo pianist's armoury is apparent throughout, but makes a dramatic appearance in Bugge's unique rendering of the Dave Brubeck classic "Take Five", transforming a jazz standard through the use of dub effects.
The centrepiece of the album is the two-part "Talking To Myself", a truly remarkable diptych spanning over 20 minutes. The two pieces display Bugge's remarkable skill with the pure and unadorned acoustic piano, and are intense while remaining accessible. Possibly some of the most beautiful music Bugge has ever produced.
Tracklisting
Sidsel Endresen, Jan Bang & Erik Honore
Lyder Roed Quintet
Moksha
Maridalen
Lyder Roed & OJKOS
Knut Reiersrud Band
Erlend Skomsvoll Trio
Bugge Wesseltoft
Bugge Wesseltoft
Bugge Wesseltoft
Bugge Wesseltoft, Henrik Schwarz & Dan Berglund
Bugge Wesseltoft
Bugge Wesseltoft
Bugge Wesseltoft
Bugge Wesseltoft