Yelena Eckmoff Quartet
Everblue
Label/TO: L&H Productions, VM80615122
Format: LP
Everblue
Label/TO: L&H Productions, VM80615122
Format: LP
review
The Russian pianist, who has been living in the USA since the early 90s, discovered jazz late – her first corresponding album was only released in 2009. But her name was quickly making the rounds on the international scene, and it was almost no surprise when in 2015 Eckemoff released an album featuring three Nordic jazz stars – saxophonist Tore Brunborg, bassist Arild Andersen and drummer Jon Christensen! One feels pleasantly reminded of Keith Jarrett’s Scandinavian quartet: music that conjures up associations of wide skies and uninhabited landscapes. Eckemoff’s clear, beautiful intonation seems tailor-made for this type of jazz, the quartet harmonizes perfectly… (2015)
The Russian pianist, who has been living in the USA since the early 90s, discovered jazz late – her first corresponding album was only released in 2009. But her name was quickly making the rounds on the international scene, and it was almost no surprise when in 2015 Eckemoff released an album featuring three Nordic jazz stars – saxophonist Tore Brunborg, bassist Arild Andersen and drummer Jon Christensen! One feels pleasantly reminded of Keith Jarrett’s Scandinavian quartet: music that conjures up associations of wide skies and uninhabited landscapes. Eckemoff’s clear, beautiful intonation seems tailor-made for this type of jazz, the quartet harmonizes perfectly… (2015)
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Die seit den frühen 90ern in den USA lebende russische Pianistin hatte den Jazz erst spät entdeckt – erst im Jahre 2009 war ihr erstes entsprechendes Album erschienen. Doch ihr Name machte schnell die Runde in der internationalen Szene, und so war es schon fast keine Überraschung mehr, als Eckemoff 2015 ein Album mit drei nordischen Jazz-Stars veröffentlichte – Saxophonist Tore Brunborg, Bassist Arild Andersen und Drummer Jon Christensen! Man fühlt sich da angenehm an Keith Jarretts skandinavisches Quartett erinnert: Musik, die weite Himmel und unbewohnte Landschaften assoziieren läßt. Eckemoff klare, schöne Tongebung scheint für diese Art Jazz wie geschaffen, das Quartett harmoniert perfekt… (2015)