(Jazz / ECM) Iro Haarla - Northbound (ECM 1918) - 2005, FLAC (image + .cue), lossless

Iro Haarla - Northbound (ECM 1918) Страна: Finland / Norway Жанр: Jazz Год выпуска: 2005 Формат: FLAC (image + .cue) Битрейт аудио: lossless Продолжительность: 1:17:26Iro Haarla piano, harp Trygve Seim saxophones Mathias Eick trumpet Uffe Krokfors double-bass Jon Christensen drumsAvian Kingdom Barcarole With Thanksgiving Time For Recollection On A Crest Of A Wave Waterworn Rocks Veil Of Mist Light In The Sadness A Singing Water Nymph Yarra, Yarra... Northbound...Recorded September 2004 ECM 1918  Немного по-английскиby Peter Marsh 25 August 2005Fans of the late Edward Vesala will probably remember Iro Haarla as the arranger, harpist and keyboard player for the drummer's Sound and Fury ensemble. Haarla still holds that job down as well as playing in various small groups with other ex Vesala sidemen, but this is her first recording as leader for ECM.Alongside her are saxophonist Trygve Seim, bassist Uffe Krokfors (both former Vesala collaborators), trumpeter Matthias Eick and the legendary Jon Christensen on drums. On first hearing it's clear that Haarla's music bears a strong resemblance to that of Vesala's (allegedly she co-authored a lot of his tunes without receiving any credit).But further, closer listens uncover the unique beauties of Haarla's music, which sits at that mystical halfway point between improv and composition. Barcarole has one of those folky tunes that seems to have been around for years, just waiting for someone to pluck it from the air. Other pieces offer the barest wisps of melody, relying on the group's ability to generate structure spontaneously.Haarla's approach to the piano has the weightless, displaced qualities of Paul Bley, while her harp brings a delicate romanticism to proceedings. Unsurprisingly there are faint echoes of Alice Coltrane at times; Yaara Yaara is reminiscent of Journey to Satchinanda, though taken a good few degrees nearer the Arctic Circle.Seim's saxophone has something of Jan Garbarek about it, but he's a warmer, more approachable player. His tenor solo on the slow burning Light in the Sadness is a bit of a heartstopper, just the right side of sentimental. His blurry, slurred soprano curls are also gorgeously expressive, and a good foil for Eick's pure toned excursions. Avoiding the vocal tricks of Arve Henriksen or Per Jorgensen, Eick constructs logical, probing solos that hang in the spaces left by the rest of the group.Christensen and Krokfors mark time fluidly, with the drummer sounding uncannily like Paul Motian these days. Though the pair never turn up the heat too much, they generate enough momentum to coax the frontline into some gorgeous performances. Let's hope we get to hear more from them...  EAC ReportExact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008EAC extraction logfile from 28. April 2008, 23:34Iro Haarla / NorthboundUsed drive : TSSTcorpCD/DVDW SH-S182M Adapter: 2 ID: 0Read mode : Secure Utilize accurate stream : Yes Defeat audio cache : Yes Make use of C2 pointers : NoRead offset correction : 6 Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No Null samples used in CRC calculations : No Used interface : Installed external ASPI interfaceUsed output format : User Defined Encoder Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s Quality : High Add ID3 tag : No Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE Additional command line options : -6 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=%e" %s -o %dTOC of the extracted CD Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector --------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 0:00.00 | 8:02.67 | 0 | 36216 2 | 8:02.67 | 8:18.60 | 36217 | 73626 3 | 16:21.52 | 10:34.33 | 73627 | 121209 4 | 26:56.10 | 8:33.65 | 121210 | 159749 5 | 35:30.00 | 6:42.32 | 159750 | 189931 6 | 42:12.32 | 4:08.05 | 189932 | 208536 7 | 46:20.37 | 4:36.43 | 208537 | 229279 8 | 50:57.05 | 9:19.50 | 229280 | 271254 9 | 60:16.55 | 3:07.72 | 271255 | 285351 10 | 63:24.52 | 8:33.15 | 285352 | 323841 11 | 71:57.67 | 5:28.28 | 323842 | 348469Range status and errorsSelected range Filename F:\z\Iro Haarla - Northbound.wav Peak level 100.0 % Range quality 100.0 % Copy CRC BD5DF8B2 Copy OKNo errors occurredAccurateRip summaryTrack 1 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [79E707AD] Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [BC2CBB46] Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [640F09D3] Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [599F799A] Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [E13D73E4] Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [92855B06] Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [ED646A29] Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [3BB4AAD7] Track 9 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [FD678E2F] Track 10 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [217BA2D3] Track 11 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [1726F7CE]All tracks accurately rippedEnd of status report