Kim Bock - Flow

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@256K/s
Time: 53:43
Size: 98,6 MB
Art: Front

(8:44)  1. To Part
(5:09)  2. Tip Of The Hat
(5:33)  3. Ellis Island
(6:12)  4. Graceful Motions
(6:43)  5. Yin Yang
(7:34)  6. Different Bag Of Tricks
(8:14)  7. Dial's Waltz
(5:29)  8. True Blues

Kim Bock formed a tenor/organ/drums trio a couple of years prior to this 2010 record date with Soren Moller and Peter Retzlaf, though this is hardly a typical soul-oriented jazz session like many such trios. Instead, Bock and Moller contributed original compositions that fall more into post-bop and modal jazz. Moller's "To Part" proves to be an infectious opener, with Bock's hard-edged tenor and the organist's soft mambo bassline. The organist's engaging "Ellis Island" has a Latin flavor and an air of celebration. Bock's lush ballad "Graceful Motions" is a richly textured work, with Retzlaff's soft brushwork and Moller's understated solo. 

The saxophonist's turbulent "Different Bag of Tricks" is modal jazz as its best, with several surprising twists on the journey, while his "Yin Yang" is an upbeat cooker that seems to glide along in a carefree manner. Throughout the date the musicians seem very much of one mind as they explore each number, making it sound effortless in the process.~ Ken Dryden http://www.allmusic.com/album/flow-mw0002106071

Personnel: Kim Bock (tenor saxophone); Soren Moller (Hammond b-3 organ); Peter Retzlaff (drums).

Flow

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Soren Moller Trio - Let There Be Love

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:49
Size: 144,0 MB
Art: Front

(9:32)  1. Let There Be Love
(6:52)  2. All Good Things Comes to He Who Waits
(6:47)  3. Everything Happens to Me
(7:15)  4. Drumistic
(8:24)  5. The Nearness of You
(8:40)  6. The Awakening
(7:16)  7. Easy to Love
(7:59)  8. Søren's Hit Tune

33-year old pianist/composer Soren Moller was raised in a small town in Denmark. He began playing piano at the age of 8, learning both classical and jazz piano from local public school teachers in the community. At the age of 16 Soren Moller was making a living as a piano teacher as well as an accompanist and had started taking lessons in jazz piano from some of Denmark most well known pianists. At 19 he was admitted to the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, Denmark. After graduation Soren Moller continued his studies at the Manhattan School of Music in New York. Here he studied with piano great Kenny Barron as well as Garry Dial and Fred Hersch as a Fulbright Scholarship recipient.After moving to New York in 2002 Soren Moller quickly earned a reputation as a formidable piano talent. As a leader he was accepted to host an ensemble of the most distinguished musicians from the Manhattan School of Music to a performance at the Carnegie Hall as part of the Carnegie Hall Workshop for Jazz Ensembles.Together with trombone player Chris Washburne and saxophonist Ole Mathisen, Soren Moller has founded the NYNDK Jazz Collective. An ensemble consisting of established musicians from the Scandinavian and the New York jazz scene. The NYNDK Jazz Collective has toured extensively in Scandinavia and performed at Jazz At Lincoln Center.

New York Times Nate Chinen has recognized the NYNDK Jazz Collective as a “pointedly cosmopolitan post-bop collective”. As a composer Soren Moller has contributed with compositions for his own ensembles including the Soren Moller Trio and the Soren Moller & Dick Oatts Duo as well as the newly released CD A Tribute To Trane, featuring famous drummer Antonio Sanchez. In 2007 Soren Moller premiered his big band suite Three Speeches at The Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Copenhagen and has since worked as a big band composer and soloist with various big bands.Soren Moller has also performed and/or recorded with a number of today’s most re-known musicians, including Antonio Sanchez, Dick Oatts, Mark Turner, Jason Marsalis, Cameron Brown, Ari Honig, John Benitez, Tony Moreno, Scott Neumann, Anders Bergcrantz, Barak Mori, Obed Calvaire, and Francois Moutin among others. Soren Moller has toured in Countries such as: England, Germany, Norway, Italy, Holland, South Africa, USA and Denmark.

~ Bio  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11862388/Website%20Pressroom/bio.pdf

Let There Be Love

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