Wide Open, by Little North

Wide Open

by Little North

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1.	Improv # 1 00:56	buy track
2.	Floating 04:54	buy track
3.	Sunyata 06:55	buy track
4.	Improv # 2 01:06	buy track
5.	Elna 05:06	buy track
6.	With Four Shadows 06:01	buy track
7.	Dissolving Points 04:18	buy track
8.	Swell 02:09	buy track
9.	Improv # 3 00:46	buy track
10.	Lullaby For a Day Fly 04:17	buy track
11.	Isolation Song 02:39	buy track

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Following two critically acclaimed albums in the space of just two years, contemporary Danish piano trio Little North continue their quest with upcoming album, ‘Wide Open’, set to release on January 27th on April Records.

'Wide Open' (as the name suggests) examines their interplay in a freer setting. An abstract and introspective continuation of their musical narrative, the music is written and performed with openness, curiosity for the sound of the room and with a sensitivity for what the next moment may bring.

From the beginning, Little North have been hailed as young jazz musicians mature and wise beyond their years. Their previous release ‘Familiar Places’ saw them featured on the cover of Spotify’s ‘State of Jazz’ playlist twice, covered in Downbeat Magazine with a four star review, and championed by Danish National Radio P8 Jazz as Album of the week.

Having spent the last several years defining and expanding their musical territory and with near-telepathic connection born out of this time together, they move effortlessly between composition and improvisation. Their sound is made up of tradition and adventure in equal measure, manifesting in seemingly effortless improvisations and tight-knit trio work based on sure-footed compositions.

One might define Little North as a classic piano trio led by Benjamin Nørholm Jacobsen’s introspectively dreamy piano playing, but this is a collective that is very much defined by all three musicians; Jacobsen on piano, Martin Brunbjerg Rasmussen on bass and Lasse Jacobsen on drums. Their use of space, texture, extended techniques, and above all, awareness and listening craft a unified sound that is meditative and healing in nature.

As indicated in the record’s title, the ensemble’s fifth album is arguably their most explorative yet. It features three standout moments of completely improvised music as well as passages for each member of the ensemble to explore the timbral capacities of their instruments. Devolving to greater levels of intimacy and tension than we’ve heard before from the trio, their emphasis on songwriting and melody provides an approachable sense of melancholy that is the trademark of the musical culture that made them.

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released January 27, 2023

Recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 8-9, 2021

Benjamin Nørholm Jacobsen - Piano
Martin Brunbjerg Rasmussen - Bass
Lasse Jacobsen – Drums

Produced by Little North
Recorded and Mixed by Rasmus Juncker
Mastered by John Fomsgaard

Photos by Adam Jandrup & Andreas Koefoed
Liner Notes by Kim Skotte, Politiken
Cover Artwork by Max van der Wal

All compositions by Little North
Published by April Publishing ApS

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Little North Copenhagen, Denmark

With their captivating cinematic sound and a warm and intense presence, Little North bonds with their audience from the very first note. In a melting pot of modern minimalism and Nordic jazz tradition and with an intensity that draws threads to the jazz scene of New York, Little North has what it takes to add the next exciting chapter to the history of Scandinavian jazz. ... more

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Jul 26

Arendal Kulturhus

Arendal, Norway

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