Pocket rhapsody

"The German pianist has been living in France for quite a while and has played in the bands of trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf and vocalist Youn Sun Nah. Both of them appear on selected tracks on this album along with Woeste's trio members, Ben Monder on guitar and Justin Brown on drums. There are also string arrangments in places (...), and Woeste plays Fender Rhodes, organ and bass synth as well as piano. Woeste writes hooky melodies and neat, funky motifs, whether for his Fender Rhodes or for pizzicato strings; his bowed string writing - try the end of Mirage - is both effective and affecting ... At first listen the range of the music, and the changing personnel and style, means that each track sounds like it could be from a different album. After a while Woeste's distinctive way of mixing acoustic and Rhodes lines, and his attention to sonic detail, draw it all together. The arrangements mean that even on a shortish track there is a lot going on. Pocket rhapsodies indeed. Andgoodfun, too".

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"Best track on the album is the fourth cut, Buzz Addict, introduced by a simple four-chord sequence on the Hammond organ which seems to pay homage to Samuel Morse's nineteenth-century code before more conventional piano tones and drumming solos enter the picture, along with intriguing accompaniment from Ben Monder's guitar. It has a slightly space-adventure sort of feel, reflecting a tremendously exciting journey around the musical cosmos. The rest of the album is like this - surprises around every corner ... This is a fine album with a defiantly idiosyncratic sound. It doesn't sound like anyone else out there at the moment and (...) won't necessarily be satisfied with being listed solely under jazz".

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"Den tyske - men i Frankrig bosatte - pianist Frank Woeste har sammen med Ben Monder og trommeslageren Justin Brown lavet et heftigt trioalbum, hvor der både bruges piano, orgel, bassynth og elpiano. Tempoet er overvejende til den hurtige side og byder på heftige breaks og skift. Noget af det som Snarky Puppy har været med til at sætte på dagsordenen igen i jazzen ... Forrygende og sprælsk trio".

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