The Trondheim concert

"Espen Berg's new, completely improvised, solo piano concert from Trondheim has some of the excitement of a Cecil Taylor concert but with so much more. So many things change while listening to this ten part album. Moods shift from peaceful to electrifying. The pace suddenly picks up or slows down. Melodies jump from light to dark or are merely implied. Phrases or notes are played over and over until used up and then they move on. It's mesmerizing. It's beautiful ... There aren't many albums of solo improvised jazz piano that are totally captivating. One of the most famous is Keith Jarrett's Köln Concert from 1975. It's easy to compare the two. Both players mostly use the mid range but Berg's not afraid to bang around on the low end of the piano or to reach farther to his right ... Espen Berg's Trondheim concert sounds much more European with its many nods to classical music and even the occasional Norwegian folk melody ... It's a lovely journey well worth taking".

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"Den 24. januar 1975 spilte Keith Jarrett inn klassikeren The Köln Concert i Operaen i Köln. Jeg føler at vi med The Trondheim Concert har fått en ny utgave denne konserten. Men i stedet for å høre en amerikaner improvisere seg fram til god og uforglemmelig musikk, får vi en hedmarkings egne tanker og inspirasjoner, noe han gjør med stor overbevisning. Inspirasjonen fra Jarrett er der, men også inspirasjon fra klassiske pianister og komponister får plass i hans musikalske univers ... En nydelig soloinnspilling, som veldig raskt kan bli en klassiker, hvor lyden (...) er så presis og god at det er en fryd".

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