Sand I En Vik

The overall result has an I-dare-you-to-stop-listening quality that is sustained throughout the set. Lovely stuff. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 21st May 2021
Catalogue No: 3779288
Label: Jazzland

Sand I En Vik

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Pianist/composer Maria Kannegaard presents 'Sand i en vik', a rapid follow-up to the album 'Nadeslas'. Where that latter album was an experimental and expressive affair, the former sees her return to more familiar musical pastures, although with a different viewpoint and attitude. Kannegaard's piano playing remains immaculate, never cluttered or wasteful, always conveying the right mood or emotion, the perfectly balanced response to both the composition and the development of it.

The compositions carry their own moods and unique characteristics, their own internal tensions, sometimes haunting, sometimes exuberant, sometimes seeming stretched to a breaking point. Plaintive ballads sit alongside riff-driven stompers, moments of abstract expressionism interweave with stop-start angular motifs, unexpected harmonizations, and moments that seem to be formless before revealing themselves to be details within a larger, clearer picture.

Frequently sounding like much more than a trio, the album is mixed and mastered by the award-winning Stefano Amerio at Artesuono recording studios.

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May 2021

The overall result has an I-dare-you-to-stop-listening quality that is sustained throughout the set. Lovely stuff.

May 2021

Although it’s by no means a fresh approach anymore, you’re unlikely to come across a more persuasive example right now of this particular brand of contemporary Euro piano trio jazz.

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