(Avant-Garde / Free Improvisation) Magnus Broo / Paal Nilssen-Love - Game - 2008, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

"Well, here is one more for the list of "trumpet drums duos", and a nice one, with two of Scandinavia's best jazz musicians of the moment : Magnus Broo on trumpet and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums. The 6 tracks are freely improvised, and move us across a broad landscape of jazz expressiveness : from rhythmic and melodic parts to very avant-garde excursions, from slow and bluesy sounds to staccato blasts, with the real focus on the interplay between the two artists. Through Broo's playing, other trumpeters come to mind : Lester Bowie, Don Cherry, Paul Smoker. One of the reason's I like the album a lot is that both musicians demonstrate that it's possible to be creative, innovative, avant-garde, free and still be deeply emotional. Despite the limited possibilities of the duo, they manage to captivate the attention from beginning to end. This is intense, direct and raw music, but beautiful ...
Clearly, a very much underpromoted release." ~ freejazz-stef.blogspot.com

Featuring Magnus Broo on trumpet & Paal Nilssen-Love on drums & percussion. Norwegian drum wiz, Paal Nilssen-Love excells in the duo situation and has recorded duos with Ken Vandermark, Mats Gustafsson, Lasse Marhaug, Hakon Kornstad & last Sunday (8/17/08) in a great duo with Frode Gjerstad here at DMG. Norwegian trumpet ace, Magnus Broo, also keeps busy performing with Brotzmann's Chicago Tentet, Atomic, Angles and Ken Vandermark. This is Paal's third duo disc for his own PNL label and again he has chosen a most worthy collaborator. "Marching" opens and does start with military-like drum roll. Both of these musicians bring a host of ideas, styles and genres to the proceedings. Their playing is organic and tightly connected. Magnus' trumpet is at times lyrical, brittle and explosive with Paal being a perfect match of wits. Paal's mallet playing on "Stomping" is haunting and filled with suspense while Magnus plays quietly yet most expressively on top. Although "Cut Loose" starts freely, it soon slows down to a lovely ballad-like song that swings with sublime restraint. "CodA" bristles and goes back and forth between explosive moments and more cautious parts, the melody line that Magnus plays midway sounds somehow familiar. "Mas" is long and moves through various sections. What I dig about this duo is that is often feels like a conversation between equally talented musicians and a history of jazz and improv spirits. "Brown Sugar, Sweet Rice" brings things to close with some righteous, bluesy trumpet and sly drums, sort of like a New Orleans funeral procession. This is an excellent duo offering on all levels. ~ BLG

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