Helge Lien Trio - Badgers And Other Beings (2014)

Helge Lien (p)
Frode Berg (b)
Per Oddvar Johansen (d)

Tracklist:

1. Mor 03:41
2. Joe 04:45
3. Hoggormen 06:00
4. Hvalen 04:24
5. Folkmost 05:15
6. Early Bird 05:52
7. Knut 03:57
8. Calypso In Five 04:56
9. The New Black 07:07
10. Badger's Lullaby 07:13

Ozella Music,  Released on 14, April, 2014.


I hate it when people leave long established groups that work even if someone good comes in. It’s not the same – ever.

But soothing the pain ‘Knut’, the seventh tune here sprung into motion by the dark tones of Lien’s left hand and a throbbing ostinato bass line is presumably written for the drummer, a nice touch.

What lifts the approach of this excellent album recorded at Rainbow in Oslo in November rests in a number of reasons mainly caught up in the realisation that Lien’s compositional sense grounded in Evansiana (the Bill variety) with nods to Jan Johansson and Brad Mehldau (particularly ‘The New Black’ here) matches the performance levels both in terms of communication and musical storytelling.

While I wouldn’t say the album moved me, that mysterious highly subjective but nonetheless important phenomenon, Lien seems to be able to channel emotion retaining a sense of joy while also introducing enough shade and balancing melancholia to stop the album becoming too narrowly targeted. Even if not one of the 10 pieces shout out “this is the obvious highlight” the magic is that there is an overarching conception and shared experience at work. Lien’s pianism and musical personality as an improviser, yet again, remains world class.

http://www.marlbank.net/news/12-reviews/1580-helge-lien-trio-badgers-and-other-beings-ozella





我可以用望穿秋水來形容嗎？

一代宗師（梁朝偉） VS 一代司機（林雪）

哈哈哈哈～～～～

I'm home now...

21, Apr, 2014   6 : 06 p.m.

Eternal promise...

The most beautiful voice in the world...

世上最美妙的聲音
是當冰塊融化在酒裡那一瞬間破裂的聲音

這句話想說了好久但又怕誤會我無酒不歡
然而我仍無法忽略每次聽到那一聲輕微的碎裂
心裡發出的嘆息

Forgiveness

伊朗一殺人男子絞刑台上被受害人母親釋放

據《每日郵報》4月17日報導，伊朗一名男子因謀殺罪被判死刑，在刑場上，受害人的母親原諒了該男子，並將處以絞刑使用的繩圈從男子脖子上摘下。
通常，在刑場上，受害人的父母會踢開絞刑架下面的椅子完成死刑的執行。圖為死刑前幾秒，被害人母親選擇了寬恕這名男子。

受害人父母將謀殺自己兒子的男子從絞刑架上釋放，兩人鬆開套在男子脖子上的繩子。

犯罪男子的母親抱著被害人的母親哭泣。

あの夜、、、

在對的時間，對的地點
遇到了對的人

Seoul Sketch

清晨，大傷風
帶著半打Tempo紙巾和止不住的鼻水飛首爾
只為了大學路上一間老咖啡館“學林”
店主的古典黑膠
和一部只限韓國發售的綠色電腦

火焰燒肉，沒有遊客的大排檔，長壽牌濁酒
街頭幽怨的小提琴手，午夜3點的漢江大橋
瘋狂的夜晚
好久好久沒有這樣開心過了。。。

おはよう、大阪

搭午夜航班
凌晨6點抵達大阪
關西機場很小
到達市中心道頓堀才早晨7點
有些夜店尚未打烊
而送貨的車已經在上貨了
街道上還見不到人

喜歡黑夜與白晝交替時安靜的城市
彷彿只屬於我
鑽進遇到的第一間7-11
買了雪糕邊走邊食、、、

大阪、ただいま。

P.S. I Love You 。。。

Personnel:
Bill Carrothers (p)
Billy Peterson (b)
Kenny Horst (d)

Tracklist:
01. In The Wee Small Hours (3:40)
02. Green Dolphin Street (7:16)
03. Green Dolphin Street (Reprise) (2:58)
04. For Heaven's Sake (6:21)
05. Chelsea Bridge (5:38)
06. It's Easy To Remember (3:56)
07. My Heart Belongs To Daddy (7:15)
08. Lost In The Stars (4:11)
09. A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing (5:46)
10. P.S. I Love You (5:50)
11. Young And Foolish (4:27)
12. For All We Know (4:48)

Go Jazz,  1999


Pianist Bill Carrothers has selected songs you’ve heard time and again out on the town, when the club is getting ready to close and everyone’s left but you and the band. Dedicated to Frank Sinatra, the album contains romantic ballads that would follow heartbreak and reveal hopes of turning one’s love life around. Carrothers has a deeply emotional piano style that stresses harmony by overlapping the tones to create soundscapes.

Supported by Billy Peterson, a lyrical bassist who works hand-in-glove with the pianist, and drummer Kenny Horst, a timekeeper with a feel for appropriate textures, Bill Carrothers works his way through one dreamy melody after another.

Billy Strayhorn’s "Chelsea Bridge" and "A Flower is a Lovesome Thing" have all three artists pouring out their hearts, finding new and different modes of expression. The bass rumbles, the drum head squeaks, and the piano drifts on, moaning about what’s going on in one man’s heart while others elsewhere may be dancing down the street.

Again on "For All We Know," the trio searches out new and different ways to provide a variety of textures. Horst introduces metallic squealing sounds from the cymbal while Peterson spells out the familiar pizzicato melody.

All the while, Carrothers is coloring with overlapping tones and lingering thoughts. There are microphones in and around the trio; however, the sound isn’t the best. It does add authenticity, though; makes you feel like you’re there in the club.

The material on this album was recorded after hours, between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. over several nights. In the "Wee Small Hours" of the morning a dreamy piano begins all alone, is joined by bass & drums, and then the three improvise until it’s time to go home. Sssh, be careful on the way out. You may wake up that guy over there in the corner. Recommended.

By JIM SANTELLA

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=3391&&width=1366#.Uz7jN_mSwdc




One of my favor pianist!