Sandell, Sten - Frames: Pieces for piano, harmonium, percussion, voice CD (Mega Blowout Sale)
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BAR 9402
"Serious and eccentric pieces for piano, other keyboards, throat singing and small drums, some Dollar Brand, some nonworld music. Unlike anything I can think of."-Chris Cutler.
”He´s a clear, melodic player with a left hand and rhythmic feel occasionally reminiscent of Paul Bley. His ideas are sharply defined and spaced out within tightly focused pieces which are all selfpenned, bar a Thelonious Monk tune. Monks economy is another attribute Sandell has put a good use. The album´s central piece is the three-part ”The Hunt” which steps completely outside the jazz framework and uses harmonium, voice and percussion to generate a highly individual, broading world. Another piece ”Study no. 520” makes brilliant, disturbing rhythmic play with two repeated notes and percussion. Sandell is a lucid, uncompromising vision which well ments wider dissemination”-Will Montgomery/The Wire