Vagen, ( The way ) è stato registrato in uno degli studi piu' cari alla comunita' audiofila nostrana ossia quegli Arte Suono studio di Stefano Amerio in quel di Udine, tempio ormai dell'audiofilia mondiale. Quindi qualita audio di assoluto livello a disposizione di un trio veramente unico espressione di paesi ( e quindi di approci musicali ) diversi. In Martin Tingvall ( ovviamente anima del trio ) è possibile riconoscere il tocco e l'ispirazione di Bobo Stenson, cui si affianca il percussionista tedesco Jurgen Spiegel. E fin qui il jazz nordico la farebbe da padrone se non arrivasse il bassista Omar Rodriguez Calvo, scuola rock cubana, a mescolare totalmente le carte introducendo nei suoni jazzistici europei quel calore cubano che si fonde miracolosamente dando energia al trio. In questo nuovo il trio si "allarga" facendo spazio ad una vera e propria piccola orchestra con Gregor Lentjes – Horns, Strings De Luxe Jansen Folkers – Violin Adam Zolynski – Violin Axel Ruhland – Viola Martin Bentz – Cello; tutti magistralmente diretti da Martin Tingvall & Wolf Kerschek. Come nei precedenti cd, anche in questo la musica trae ispirazione da quanto vissuto dagli artisti durante i loro tour o personalmente, comunque sempre in stretta relazione con la natura che li circonda sia essa ispirare calde ballate spagnole o suoni piu' propriamente orientali sempre miscelati e resi propri dall'esperienza artistica dei nostri.
"Vägen" (The Way) retraces the trio's imprssions on the way taken over the last few years. "Sevilla", the opening track took birth on the extended tour of Spain in 2010 and "Shejk Schröder" (Schröder the Sheik) could easily provide the backdrop for a camel race. The title tune "Vägen" is one of those compositions, where you literally hear the stardust swirl, offering space for reflection and lookinginward at what was, what is and what jsut might come to pass. As the previous ECHO JAZZ AWARD winning album "Vattensaga" the album was once again recorded at the highly acclaimed Italian Arte Suono studio of Stefano Amerio. On "Efter Livet" (After Life) Martin Tingvall has also gingerly supllemented the "triophonics" with additional instrumentation by arranging string and horns like splashes of color
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