Taking turns

"Bro composed the seven tracks, but his initial ideas are transformed through sensitive improvisations from the sextet ... Konitz's soloing is superb, perfectly suited to the session's collaborative spirit. Guitarist Bill Frisell, another versatile jazz icon who significantly influenced Bro, joins the ensemble. Their similar harmonic sensibilities and intricate pedal work often meld seamlessly, creating richly layered musical landscapes".

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"I dag ved vi, at Bro og hans hastigt voksende berøringsflade i amerikansk jazz har udmøntet sig i en håndfuld mesterværker, men at høre nærværende studieindspilninger, fra før Bro debuterede på ECM, er alligevel overvældende. Indspilningerne emmer af modenhed og musikalitet, styrke og sensitivitet ... Et mesterværk med højdepunkt på højdepunkt".

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"Jazz album of the month" - "Lost masterpiece from great Dane's understated jazz supergroup".

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"While Bro composed all of the songs on 'Taking Turns', it is less of a solo showcase and more of a warm, deeply interactive group collaboration. These are spare, hypnotic songs, but ones that are punctuated by moments of bright harmonic colorations. Bro and Frisell are particularly compatible, their lines often intertwining against each other like wind chimes in a soft breeze. Similarly, Moran, Morgan, and Cyrille offer their own textural undercurrents, as hushed piano chords shimmering against brushed cymbals and woody bass grooves. At the center of their sun-dappled interplay is Konitz, whose dusky, bittersweet alto lines have, as with all of 'Taking Turns', the quality of sunlight breaking through clouds after a storm".

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"It's amazing to think that Lee Konitz, with his distinctively questioning, interior sound, played with Miles and Mulligan at the Birth of the Cool sessions in 1949 and was still going in 2014, when these sessions were recorded. Aside from his longevity, Konitz forms a direct link with the style of Euro-jazz embodied by Jakob Bro and the ECM label on this gorgeous and life-affirming album from a decade ago ... So diffuse and drifting is 'Taking Turns' that it's difficult to think of the music as the compositional work of Bro alone, rather than a spontaneous collaboration sparked by the guitarist's ideas. And what great ideas they are too ... 'Taking Turns' requires close listening. These musicians are certainly listening to each other. Call it a conspiracy of beauty".

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