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The project for this album
arose from the encounter with Lew Soloff during the Vallekilde
Summer Session in the year 2000
when Danish bass-player and composer Niels Ryde met him for a
gig. Lew Soloff, who had collaborated in the seventies with the
group Blood, Sweat and Tears and in the eighties with the Gil Evan's
Band, suggested Niels Ryde to go and record his original compositions
in New York. Since then, Lew Soloff joined Niels Ryde
in Denmark various times to go on tour with Niels Ryde's project.
This project turned out in an album, "Pocket Music" (NCB Music Mecca).
Niels Ryde's original compositions are melodic and very interesting
as far as harmony is concerned. Tha tracklist includes some other compositions
written by the band members of the Niels Ryde Quartet. The interplay
between musicians is excellent, and the musicians are well teamed up.
Their technical and expressive skills are outstanding. Beautiful and
crepuscular ballads alternate with chasing up-tempo compositions rich
in jazz dissonances and interesting and modern sounds. Particularly
interesting are, in my opinion, the following tracks: "Pocket
Music" (N. Ryde), "Sunday Afternoon"
(N. Ryde) e "Gratitude"(A. Morgensen).
A very nice record; it's a pleasure to listen to it over and over again.
You may visit Niels Ryde's official website for further information:
www.nielsryde.dk
Eva Simontacchi for Jazzitalia
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