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The trio’s four CDs, Dozen A Day
(1998),
Undiminished (2000), Angel Feet (2002), Second Language (2008) all released on the ZahZah label, have
received critical acclaim, and each record’s initial pressing sold out,
Japan being the largest market. The players were described as “strong
and inventive musicians” JAZZWISE, and their music is “beautifully
played and recorded” MUSICIAN, and “thoughtful, intelligent,
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Dozen a Day
is the result of an extraordinary day of recording at the famous AIR
Studios in London. The David Gordon Trio re-creates the sparkle and
clarity of its live performance in a mixture of original compositions
and jazz standards, presenting a wonderful range of moods and contrasts.
At one end of the spectrum the bright nursery rhyme quality of the
opening track Mr. Sam to the
lullaby elements of Blue Pyrenees.
A thrilling début album from this young trio.
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Undiminished
In trio playing, as in life, it’s necessary to emerge from the nursery
and to mature. "Undiminshed", the follow-up, is the ambiguously-named
title-track using much more of the language of contemporary jazz than
anything on the first record and includes a last-minute experiment in
adding to the already-rich texture. The trio has now been playing
together for four years, and from our first tour together, in which we
discovered an immediate rapport, we have continued to work on our
interplay.
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Angel Feet
The third disc from the David
Gordon Trio, recorded in December 2002, was the culmination of two
years’ intensive work. The recording is a landmark in the trio’s
development, and their particular style of jazz features Celtic,
‘acoustic groove’ and classical – even baroque – influences, and also
includes the appearance of a tango and a rhumba.
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Second Language
On this, their latest disc the trio is in greater telepathic contact
than ever, playing their strongest material yet, including the
oft-recorded Greenland, the insouciant Second Language and their
roof-raising hit Salsova, which, together with aspects of gypsy and
klezmer, a Tibetan mantra and a Finnish-Swedish folk song, are all
imbued with the trio’s usual transparency, polish and panache. A tour de
force of contemporary European jazz, suitable for aficionados and new
generations of jazz lovers alike.
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