Simplicity, by Carsten Dahl Trio

Simplicity

by Carsten Dahl Trio

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1.	A Minor Mood for You 03:13	buy track
2.	Simplicity 03:56	buy track
3.	Sing, Sing a Song 03:45	buy track
4.	Monk's Skunk 02:28	buy track
5.	The Dancefloor 03:52	buy track
6.	Avidity 02:01	buy track
7.	Dark Moments 02:42	buy track
8.	Prelude and Blues 04:11	buy track
9.	Quietness 03:52	buy track
10.	The Surrenders Blues 03:20	buy track
11.	Bluespsalm 02:55	buy track
12.	Flying Birds 02:09	buy track
13.	A Simple Waltz 04:25	buy track
14.	Fragility 02:54	buy track
15.	Sacrifice and Myth 02:21	buy track
16.	Beautiful 03:35	buy track

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Carsten Dahl (piano), Lennart Ginman (bass) and Frands Rifbjerg (drums) have played together for more than 20 years now and yet every time they play together, it still sounds completely fresh and new. The combination of the three of them is somehow a magic golden cut in terms of swing, balance, dexterity and imagination. In this particular session, the musicians just met in the studio and recorded the music. First takes, as usual - picking up some rough sketches that Carsten Dahl had composed on the spot that same day. There is a clear link to the trio’s first record Will you make my soup hot & silver from 1996 (Storyville Records, STCD4203). The inspiration from Carsten Dahl’s heroes Bud Powell, Jan Johansson, Johan Sebastian Bach and many more is also easily detected.

Carsten Dahl says: “My dear mentor jazz pianist Ed Thigpen used to say that "you've got to be able to snap your finger to it" and I always try to keep that in mind. I try to discover the magic in space and the simplicity in the music: In rhythmical progressions and in lyrical melodies. All this is what this trio’s essence is all about and we sure did exactly that.”

We hope that you’ll enjoy the 16 new compositions on the Simplicity album!

Recorded at The Village Recording, Denmark, on February 10, 2016.

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released December 9, 2019

Carsten Dahl (piano)

Lennart Ginman (bass)

Frands Rifbjerg (drums)

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Storyville Records is Europe’s oldest independent jazz label. It releases a rich variety of jazz, blues and related musical genres, often accompanied by authoritative notes and rare extras. This iconic label was founded in 1952 in Denmark and today continues to augment its historic catalogue of recordings made by American jazz and blues legends with new releases from contemporary jazz artists. ... more

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