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This review is from: Cycle of Silence (Audio CD)
On first hearing this album may sound a little thin, a number of slight hooks are used to open largely pensive reflections. But on further listening the density and the strength of the music becomes more apparent. The music becomes haunting and lures one into musical spaces that are nourishing and inspiring. The leader's playing on soprano sax is crucial of course but the unusual instrumentation creates a beguiling sound palette and everyone plays with taste and conviction. I enjoy this a great deal and look forward to forthcoming work.
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Frøy Aagre in this album focuses fully on the soprano saxophone,
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This review is from: Cycle of Silence (Audio CD)
Aagre's success has come about not by chance. With Andreas Ulvo (who also plays the piano with trumpeter Mathias Eick), on the piano, bassist Audun Ellingsen and Freddy Wike on drums, she has some of Norway's finest young musicians in her quartet. "This group really works as a band," praised All About Jazz. To experience a concert by Frøy Aagre is to be enchanted. Guests including trombonist Øyvind Brække (well known from his collaboration with Trygve Seim), French horn player, Trude Eick, as well as cellist, Sigrun Eng broaden the range of sounds.
For Cycle of Silence, Frøy Aagre focuses fully on the soprano saxophone; a form of self limitation which fully brings to bear the captivating naturalness of her incredibly mature music. "As Steve Lacy said, it is a very jealous instrument. I reach deeper and deeper layers of the sound, the more I play it. And, even though I am actually influenced by tenor players such as Jan Garbarek, John Coltrane and Dexter Gordon, I have found my own sound on the soprano." Frøy Aagre's own sound runs through all twelve tracks of Cycle of Silence. The album is a tale of experiences: "Long Distance" deals with the subject of far-off conversations, as well as Aagre's love of hikes in nature. She noted her first thoughts on her mini suite "Siberia" on a flight over the Russian landscape. "There were no clouds in the sky for the entire flight and you could see the Siberian landscape transform from rugged mountains into gentle hills and empty tundra. I had never seen anything like it." With "Steam Train", at the beginning of the album, Frøy tells of her favourite railway journey from Oslo to Bergen, while she says farewell to listeners with the prospect of a "Neverending Journey". A journey that should be enjoyed - provided you have Frøy Aagre's music with you! Rebirth album by giuseppe deliso |
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