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Kenny Drew - Your Soft Eyes (1982)

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Kenny Drew - Your Soft Eyes (1982)

Kenny Drew - Your Soft Eyes (1982)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 222 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 129 Mb | Scans included
Hard Bop, Piano Jazz | Label: Soul Note/IREC MILANO | # 01CD | Time: 00:40:37

Pianist Kenny Drew is accompanied by fellow expatriate drummer Ed Thigpen and the talented young bassist Mads Vinding on these 1981 sessions. The leader continued to grow as a player during his years living in Europe, evolving from a strong bop pianist into something more. He opens "Alone Together" with a tense, evocative solo before returning to familiar territory as the rhythm section joins him. His sprightly, brisk take of "How Are Things in Glocca Mora" is a nice change from the usual arrangements, with Vinding's walking bass prominent in the mix. The leader's two originals include the snappy "Evening in the Park" and the lush, intimate ballad "Your Soft Eyes." This rewarding CD seems to have been deleted from Soul Note's catalog, so it is well worth tracking down.

Mads Vinding Trio ‎- The Kingdom (Where Nobidy Dies) (1997)

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Mads Vinding Trio ‎- The Kingdom (Where Nobidy Dies) (1997)

Mads Vinding Trio ‎- The Kingdom (Where Nobidy Dies) (1997)
Mads Vinding - Enrico Pieranunzi - Alex Riel

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 324 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 135 Mb | Scans included | 00:56:59
Contemporary Jazz, Hard Bop, Straight-Ahead | Label: Stunt | # STUCD 19703

If this session were to be described in just one word, that would be "Power." Hard-bop specialists Mads Vinding and Alex Riel have both recorded with Dexter Gordon and have each played powerful, yet straight-ahead jazz for over thirty years. Drummer Riel has worked with hard bop leaders such as Jackie McLean, Michael Brecker, Kenny Drew, and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis. Bassist Vinding, similarly, has worked with Johnny Griffin, Ed Thigpen, the Ernie Wilkins big band, and Duke Jordan. The third member of the trio, pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, with nine releases as a leader, works, as do the others, in a hard bop-vein. It would seem quite unnecessary to mention credentials like this if the artists lived in New York City or recorded with a major U.S. label; but Vinding and Riel are from Copenhagen and Pieranunzi is from Italy. Hence, their reputation may not have preceded them.

Duke Jordan Trio - Flight To Denmark (1973) Reissue 2008

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Duke Jordan Trio - Flight To Denmark (1973) Reissue 2008

Duke Jordan, Mads Vinding & Ed Thigpen - Flight To Denmark (1973) Reissue 2008
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 399 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 168 Mb | Scans included
Bop, Hard Bop, Piano Jazz | Label: SteepleChase | # SCCD 31011 | Time: 01:11:46

Upon Duke Jordan's initial visit to Copenhagen, Denmark, followed by his decision to make the move as an expatriate permanent, he was tempted to stay by playing with some extraordinary Scandinavian rhythm sections. Bassist Mads Vinding, one of many skilled Danish jazz bassists, is here on the date performing in fine style. Drummer Ed Thigpen, who left the U.S. to take up permanent residence in Europe, was an even bigger influence in making Jordan's decision a good one, and is an equally skillful musical partner on this date. This is an expanded edition from the previous original issue on the Steeplechase label; a Japanese import with several alternate takes. It's an understated session for the most part, equal parts melancholy and hopeful, as one might expect with the trepidation of leaving home for new, unknown horizons to be discovered in a foreign land. The upbeat songs, as the modal, popping, tom-tom driven "No Problem" (from the movie soundtrack Les Liason Dangereuses) and the famous bop flag-waver "Jordu," bookend the CD.