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Kjetil MULELID Trio: Not Nearly Enough To Buy A House – Rune Grammofon

by Audiophile Audition | Nov 17, 2017 | Jazz CD Reviews

Kjetil MULELID Trio: Not Nearly Enough To Buy A House – Rune Grammofon RCD2 2196, (11/17/17) ****: Another fine example of exciting on-the-edge-of free jazz trio music from Trondheim, Norway. (Kjetil Mulelid; piano/ Andreas Skar Winther; bass/ Bjorn Marius Hegge; drums) The title of this new release, Not Nearly Enough to Buy a House, describes the general condition of folk here in Portland, Oregon as elsewhere. The phrase contains neither complaint nor charge, but puzzlement at a setup that is at odds with the aspirations of the spirit. The trio led by Kjetil Mulelid on the piano inhabits a pretty nice musical space, however. There are a few moments of the particularly Nordic loneliness and nostalgia, but most of the session is a busy collaboration on strong melodic shapes. The compositions have no connection to either the American Songbook or the later jazz charts of the post-bop era. Rather the style stands closer to folk music, not least in its surprising intimacy. The rhythmic interactions of the superb Andreas Winther on the kit and the solid Bjorn Hegge on bass are infused with post-free European influences, now floating, now rattling furiously but rarely tapping out a predictable swing pulse. The […]