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| Benjamin Koppel, Brian Blade, Anders Koppel with Time Again on Cowbell Music - Out Now When it all comes down, the music needs to swing. It needs to touch our souls as well as move our feet. And the music of this trio par excellence does exactly that. When father and son, the Koppels, two of the most prolific musicians and composers on the European scene today, join forces with master drummer Brian Blade the result is nothing less than extraordinary. The music draws on inspiration from sources throughout music history. With the classic organ trio as the frame, the three innovators take their audience on a journey, that leaves no hearts and feet untouched. Through a collaboration in 2011, saxophonist Benjamin Koppel and drummer Brian Blade became close friends on and off stage. Since then, they have released three albums (together with top bassist Scott Colley) over the years - all have become milestones in the world of piano-less saxophone bass drum-trios. The band has been playing around the world, and when composer Anders Koppel wrote his biggest symphonic piece to date, The Mulberry Street Symphony, the music was created with this specific trio in mind. This time, Koppel senior, Anders, goes back to the organ bench, from which he has created so many legendary moments in European music with his iconic band Savage Rose (1969-1975), which performed at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1971 (and shared the stage with names like Blood, Sweat and Tears and Sly & The Family Stone), and his duo and jazz quartet with fellow American pianist Kenny Werner and the founding member of Weather Report, bassist Miroslav Vitous. Now it's time again to revisit the almost telepathic interplay between three minds, that reach far beyond the ordinary. Three hearts with the same beat. The tracks on this new album, released on May 26 via Cowbell Music, are all originals composed by Anders Koppel, Benjamin Koppel and one by Kenny Werner. Music of the times, by the times, in time. It is surely TIME AGAIN. TRACKS 1. Puerto Rican Rumble [05:15] 2. If You Forget Me [07:43] 3. Mavis [05:58] 4. Bazaar Revisited [13:27] 5. Time Again [05:54] (Feat. Al Agami) 6. Fall from Grace [05:53] 7. Should Have Put A Ring On It [05:03] 8. Blind Man [08:25] Total: 57:40:15 No.1, 3, 5, 7 composed by Benjamin Koppel No.2, 4, 8 composed by Anders Koppel No. 6 composed by Kenny Werner Recorded August 12, 2019 at Village Recording by Thomas Vang Mixed and mastered by Boe Larsen at Mill Factory Produced by A. & B. Koppel Cover by Knut Schötteldreier Photos by Lars Hestbæk Benjamin plays Peter Jessen handmade mouthpieces and sax necks Label: Cowbell write your comments about the article :: © 2024 Jazz News :: home page |