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Release Date: 05 December 2025
Label: Intuition Music
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0750447346529
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
The first encounter between Swedish pianist Jacob Karlzon and Moroccan percussionist Rhani Krija took place on the road in Dominic Miller's band. Krija marveled at Karlzon's musicality and openness to spontaneously create melodic and rhythmic gems of the most vital expressiveness. The pianist, on the other hand, was immediately struck by the percussionist's ability and urge to compose live on stage and enter into musical dialog. Both felt instantly at home in each other's rich musical language. The Mosaic duo's compositions mature out of the moment like puzzles. Fragments that are created in real time are brought into larger harmonic and groove contexts. This results in creative friction and tension, which find their resolution in the extremely finely tuned weaving of stories. Karlzon and Krija's storytelling is also unique because of the continuous role reversal. The man with North African origins occasionally lets his many percussion instruments sing melodically, while the Scandinavian on the 88 keys of his grand piano sets the pulse pattern throughout.
Krija, who has toured every continent with Peter Gabriel, Sting and Herbie Hancock, and Karlzon, who has played with countless jazz greats, see something healing in their music. Dialogue contributes to spiritual, emotional connection, they say. 'Mosaic' exemplifies this idea.
Tracklisting
Sebastian Sternal & hr-Bigband
David Darling
Jacob Karlzon & Rhani Krija
Nils Wogram's Nostal
Michel Godard/Gavino Murgia
Jim Beard & Vince Mendoza
Jazz Bigband Graz
Gabriela/Bill Frisell
Dave Friedman & Rob Waring
Jacob Karlzon & Rhani Krija
Tomas Sauter & Daniel Schläppi
Sietske
Rudiger Baldauf
Paul Heller, Simon Nabatov, Ingmar Heller & Adam Nussbaum
Matthias Beckmann
Jonathan Gee Trio
