Release Date: 24 September 2021
Label: Storyville Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 717101434626
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
A convincing, warm and enticing "Westcoast-Latin-jazz" cocktail made of equal parts jazz-samba, bossa-nova, cha-cha and bolero.
In 1996 the Danish vibraphonist/composer Morten Gronvad spent six months in Los Angeles studying with percussionists Emil Richards and Alex Acuna. By coincidence he met and became friends with the great jazz pianist Clare Fischer - a very influential musician, who both Bill Evans and Herbie Hancock have stated as one of their major musical inspirations.
Morten Gronvad's interest for Clare Fischer's music has persisted, and in 2019 he and the very expressive alto saxophonist, Jens Sondergaard, got the idea of recording an album based on Clare Fischer's compositions with their group Gronvad/Sondergaard Quintet. Lead by Morten Gronvad and Jens Sondergaard's beautiful and melodic sound, the quintet has created this worthy and wholeheartedly homage to Clare Fischer and his music, underlining the importance of his musical creativity. The delicately accompanying rhythm section consists of pianist Thomas Borno, bassist Niels Wilhelm Knudsen and drummer Niclas Campagnol.
Tracklisting
Johnny Griffin Quartet
Kira Martini
Duke Ellington
Frans Bak & Sinne Eeg
Lennart Ginman, Thomas Blachman & Carsten Dahl
Mads Vinding Trio feat. Dado Moroni & Niclas Campagnol
Sisters of Jazz
Brian Melvin, Soren Lee & Mads Sondergaard
Conrad Herwig
Norma Winstone & Kit Downes
Oded Tzur
Su Rossy Girod, Nat Su, Jorge Rossy
Jonathan Salvi Arugula Sextet
Bob Baldwin
Steven Nichols
Orlando le Fleming
