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RR 123363CD
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"They tailor these materials into the tracks of Perspectives with an unusually keen attention to sound-building. If, on headphones, the result is a sound worthy of the finest engineering -- just listen to Beggio's inspired solo on 'Back and Forth' to catch even the last hertz of cymbals hanging in space -- it is also because these musicians have trained their ears to the subtlest acoustic possibilities of their instruments, placing them at the service of music with great ease and sincerity. 'Siren's Lounge' is a waltz that opens with a gentle minor third (one can't help thinking of Bill Evans' version of Jimmy Rowles' 'The Peacocks') and moves through modulations, carried by a rock-solid rhythm section. Fonnesbæk and Beggio themselves bring to life the intricate slow tempo -- 50 bpm -- of 'Next to You,' a lyrical gem in which the double bass solo circles the theme to generate further melodies that deserve to be transcribed and kept under lock and key. Something similar happens in 'Gi,' with the added value of Mauro Beggio chiseling that one-minute bass improvisation into a continuous cycle of original variations. The title track, 'Perspectives,' strategically placed at the album's midpoint, begins with an ostinato that -- through broad groups of triplets -- ushers us into improvisational moments where Polga displays a wide range of melodic solutions with remarkable breadth (already evident on his 'Doors,' 2024, also for Red). The journey through perspectives closes with a piece by Pieranunzi, 'Song for an August Evening,' which releases -- already from the piano intro -- a subtle, pervasive melancholy: a painful reflection in sound, and also a small handbook on what 'dynamics' in jazz truly means."
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