Bayou

An album not easy to warm to, but one with a quietly enigmatic charm all the same. — Jazzwise, September 2021, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 3rd Sep 2021
Catalogue No: 3577474
Label: ECM

Presto Recording of the Week

21st May 2021

1. Bayou

2. Pasha

3. Duryea

4. Nahla

5. Varsha

6. Eyre

7. Dwyn

8. Bayou II

9. Como

10. Chantara

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Recording of the Week, Thomas Strønen, Ayumi Tanaka & Marthe Lea - Bayou

21st May 2021

Thomas Strønen and Ayumi Tanaka of Time Is a Blind Guide join with multireedist and vocalist Marthe Lea for the meditative 'Bayou'.

A fresh and open music, delicate and space-conscious, is shaped as drummer Thomas Stronen and Ayumi Tanaka, previously heard in the ensemble Time Is A Blind Guide on 'Lucus', resurface in a new trio with clarinettist/singer/percussionist Marthe Lea.

The group first came together at Oslos Royal Academy of Music, where for two years the players would meet each week for exploratory music making. Stronen: We always played freely- drifting between elements of contemporary classical music, folk music, jazz, whatever we were inspired by. Sometimes the music was very quiet and minimalistic: playing together generated some special experiences.

The spontaneous spirit of the music is reflected in the trios debut recording, which was made at the Lugano radio studio and produced by Manfred Eicher. With the exception of the title piece, based on a traditional Norwegian tune, the music on Bayou was collectively created in the moment.

Ayumi Tanaka: piano

Marthe Lea: clarinet, vocals, percussion

Thomas Strønen: drums, percussion

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September 2021

An album not easy to warm to, but one with a quietly enigmatic charm all the same.

21st May 2021

Bayou is, on the whole, a very atmospheric affair, sitting on the more comfortable end of freely-improvised jazz; less interested in moveable beats, the session unfolds with a sort of quiet desolation.

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