HELLO TROLL / Helge Lien Trio
Ozella (2008)
Jazz / Contemporary Jazz
CD
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About Album
The focus of Norwegian pianist Helge Lien is straight-ahead post-bop jazz, and on Hello Troll, he embraces the time-honored acoustic piano trio format (Frode Berg is on upright bass, Knut Aalefjær on drums). There are no standards at all on this 2008 recording -- no post-bop standards, no hard bop standards, no Tin Pan Alley standards -- and that is probably for the best because playing original material exclusively gives Lien's improvisations a more personal quality. Although Hello Troll falls short of exceptional, this is a solid outing that underscores Lien's talents as both an acoustic pianist and a composer.
Song List
- 1. Gamut Warning
- 2. Axis of Free Will
- 3. Radio
- 4. Troozee
- 5. Diverted Dance
- 6. It Is What It Is
- 7. But It Is
- 8. Halla Troll
- 9. Snurt
- 10. In the Wind Somewhere
Comments
"A terrific introduction to Helge Lien Trio's many strengths."
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