Mira

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Release Date: 20th Jan 2014
Catalogue No: 3728782
Label: ECM
Length: 62 minutes

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Arild Andersen: Bygone

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Paolo Vinaccia (drums), Tommy Smith (saxophone), Arild Andersen (double bass)
Recorded: 2012-12-04
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Arild Andersen: Blussy

Work length5:57

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Paolo Vinaccia (drums), Tommy Smith (saxophone), Arild Andersen (double bass)
Recorded: 2012-12-04
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Bacharach: Alfie

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Paolo Vinaccia (drums), Tommy Smith (saxophone), Arild Andersen (double bass)
Recorded: 2012-12-04
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Arild Andersen: Rossetti

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Paolo Vinaccia (drums), Tommy Smith (saxophone), Arild Andersen (double bass)
Recorded: 2012-12-04
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Arild Andersen: Reparate

Work length8:33

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Paolo Vinaccia (drums), Tommy Smith (saxophone), Arild Andersen (double bass)
Recorded: 2012-12-04
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Tommy Smith, Paolo Vinaccia: Raijin

Work length3:08

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Paolo Vinaccia (drums), Tommy Smith (saxophone), Arild Andersen (double bass)

Arild Andersen: Le Saleya

Work length5:21

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Paolo Vinaccia (drums), Tommy Smith (saxophone), Arild Andersen (double bass)
Recorded: 2012-12-04
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Tommy Smith: Kangiten

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Paolo Vinaccia (drums), Tommy Smith (saxophone), Arild Andersen (double bass)
Recorded: 2012-12-04
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Arild Andersen: Mira

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Paolo Vinaccia (drums), Tommy Smith (saxophone), Arild Andersen (double bass)
Recorded: 2012-12-04
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Arild Andersen: Eight And More

Work length6:04

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Paolo Vinaccia (drums), Tommy Smith (saxophone), Arild Andersen (double bass)
Recorded: 2012-12-04
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Arild Andersen, Kirsten Bråten Berg: Stevtone

Work length5:33

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Paolo Vinaccia (drums), Tommy Smith (saxophone), Arild Andersen (double bass)
Recorded: 2012-12-04
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

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After the eruptive excitement of their Live at Belleville album, which was widely praised around the world (and secured for leader Arild Andersen the Prix du Musicien Européen 2008 from the Academie du Jazz in France), illustrious Norwegian bassist Andersen, tenorist Tommy Smith and drummer Paolo Vinaccia now deliver a studio album. In Oslo's Rainbow, the trio rechanneled their music's energies into a programme of soulful ballads and mid-tempo free-floating sound explorations.

The pairing of Andersen's muscular bass and Smith's vaulting tenor is exceptionally compelling (as the recent "Celebration" album also confirmed) and Vinaccia's approach to ballad-playing is like nobody else's. Most of the tunes on Mira are from Arild's pen, though his cohorts also contribute material, with Smith switching to shakuhachi for an improvised dialogue with Vinaccia on "Raijin". Tommy Smith also shines on Burt Bacharach's "Alfie", a tune the trio have been playing as an encore in concerts, savouring the prettiness of the melody.

Trio leader Andersen has played in almost every jazz ensemble context over the years, but there is something especially satisfying about hearing him in the bare boned trio format of sax, bass and drums. For long-time Andersen listeners this trio will also trigger memories of Arild in the early 1970s, with the Triptykon-trio with Garbarek and Vesala, and the Sam Rivers Trio. The absence of a harmony instrument opens up new space for creative interplay and the three musicians, listening acutely, use it very well.

Personnel: Arild Andersen (double bass, electronics), Paolo Vinaccia (drums), Tommy Smith (tenor saxophone, shakuhachi flute)

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