These albums, my favorites of 2017, didn't merely stay with me. They didn't just stay in rotation or live on my phone. They were part of my life, the subject of many a moment. They haunted me delightfully. They were the products of artists who made music to make people feel things and were very much successful when it came specifically to me. When it comes to the subject of … [Read more...]
Phronesis, Julian Arguelles, & the Frankfurt Radio Big Band – ‘The Behemoth’
The secret of any great piano-bass-drums trio is creating a massive sound from the three elements. These three instruments hold great potential, for soft elegies or bonkers jaunts. Get the right three players together on a piano, bass, and drum set and magic can happen, and more often than most, Ivo Neame, Jasper Høiby, and Anton Eger make magic and have been doing so for … [Read more...]
Anthony Dean-Harris’ Favorite Jazz Albums of 2016
I had love and specific passion this year. I felt more detached, as many of my dispatches have noted over the last year but particularly in this week of assessment. I felt a listlessness about even completing this list, yet the need to communicate was still there. The need for completeness (in a task that can never be completed) still gnaws at me. I still had to express my … [Read more...]
Phronesis – ‘Parallax’
Phronesis albums seems to have a similar vibe to them. Bassist Jasper Høiby, pianist Ivo Neame, and drummer Anton Eger have been together for a decade now. They play with time, Eger slays on the kit, Høiby bounces around the melody like a rubber ball, Neame has turns eloquently understated and unabashedly dazzling. They're one of the great dynamic modern jazz trios. They come w … [Read more...]
Phronesis to Reissue ‘Life to Everything’ as Double Vinyl
Phronesis is celebrating its tenth anniversary in grand fashion by reissuing its critically acclaimed 2014 album Life to Everything as a double vinyl with three previously unreleased tracks. The album, which we picked as our favorite album of 2014, is now available for pre-order via Bandcamp ahead of its April 30th release in celebration of International Jazz Day. Check out the … [Read more...]