Lovedale - Coziness Kills (2010)

Lovedale - Coziness Kills (2010)

Personnel:
Jesper Løvdal - saxophone
Jacob Anderskov - piano
Jonas Westergaard - double bass
Cuong Vu - trumpet
Anders Mogensen - drums
Chris Speed - tenor saxophone, clarinet

Tracklisting:

1. Abdullah I 8:27
2. Cheers In Heaven 7:34
3. M/S Invention 9:02
4. Pudsig Pigtråd 11:13
5. Fra Flintholm Til Femøren 6:15
6. Coziness Kills 6:29
7. The Missing Manual 5:40
8. Sucre Trouvé 5:23

Coziness Kills is the third album with Lovedale following the Danish Music Award-winning album, Grill Music (Jazz album of the year 2007). The music is moving toward less form and more melody. Less conventions and more subtlety. Less genre and more universal music. Less Coziness. The CD proves a long musical cooperation Lovedale has had with Cuong Vu, since their first meeting on Grill Music. Chris Speed is probably the most personal clarinet and saxophone player in jazz today, giving the instruments a new lyrical sound.

Communicative and freely approached soul music is what this quartet is about. The sound is Nordic and Scandinavian though swingin' and the repertoire is mostly tunes by bandleader and saxophone player Jesper Løvdal.

Jakob Anderskov plays piano and is the hottest new name in Danish modern jazz right now. His piano playing is very personal which can be heard on the 2 albums he recorded with his trio including American bassist Michael Formanek.

Jonas Westergaard is playing upright bass in the band when he is not touring and playing with Oliver Lake, John Tchicai, Tim Berne, Michael Blake and Jimmy Cobb to mention some of the many musicians who use his energetic and melodic playing.

Anders Mogensen has been one of the leading modern jazz drummers in Denmark for the last 10 years. He has recorded with Gary Thomas, Niels Lan Doky, Copenhagen Art Ensemble, Ray Anderson among many others. His playing is complex but swinging and his personal sound on the drums is an important part of the music played in the band.

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