Kuhn, Steve - Wisteria

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4 AV 5 MÖJLIGA I BETYG I GÖTEBORGS-POSTEN

"Mostly Coltrane från 2009, med Joe Lovano på tenorsax, hör till det bästa pianisten Steve Kuhn gjort på skiva. Då talar vi ändå om en egen katalog på dryga 30-talet plattor sedan 1963. På Wisteria är han åter i trioformat med Joey Baron, trummor och Steve Swallow, bas. Premiär för just den konstellationen trots många års musikalisk vänskap. Musiken är en fin samling Kuhn-original, Carla Bleys Permanent wave, titelspåret av Art Farmer och ett par Swallow-kompositioner. Det är lycklig triojazz av bästa slag med idérik improvisation, lekfullhet och stor melodisk elegans. Men jag har lite svårt för Swallows elbas. Det är nåt med den lite gummiartade tonen."
(Göteborgs-Posten)

Steve Kuhn Trio
Steve Kuhn, piano
Steve Swallow, bass
Joey Baron, drums

Wisdom and wistfulness are intertwined in "Wisteria", whose title track, written by Art Farmer, takes us back to the early 60s, when both Steve Kuhn and Steve Swallow sang softly of the blues in the trumpeter-flugelhornist's band. They've shared a lot of history since then. Swallow played on Kuhn's classic "Trance"; Kuhn played on Swallow's "Home" and "So There". Drummer Joey Baron has been heard with Kuhn on ECM discs including "Remembering Tomorrow" and the dazzling tribute disc "Mostly Coltrane". This new album takes a fresh look at several pieces heard in Kuhn's orchestral "Promises Kept" collection, but alongside the aching balladry there is also some driving hard bop (on "A Likely Story") , a brace of Swallow tunes ("Dark Glasses"), Carla Bley's gospel-tinged "Permanent Wave" and the Brazilian "Romance" by Dori Caymmi... In all, a varied programme that the trio seems to sail through effortlessly, master musicians beyond the need to prove anything, creating the agreeable illusion that this demanding music is playing itself.