"Life To Everything" is their latest album on independent label "Edition Records". It is well worth checking out, these guys have been getting very high critical acclaim over the last few years, their 2010 album "Alive" was named "Jazz Album Of The Year" in both Jazzwise and Mojo magazines. Along with a number of other nominations such as "Best Jazz Ensemble" and "Best Jazz Act" AT the Parliamentary Jazz Awards and the MOBO awards respectively. This live album sees another good strong release from a band who are gaining a lot of international recognition.
"Phronesis are a jazz trio built around Danish bassist Jasper Hoiby's sinewy phrasing and huge tone, and encircled by fluent British pianist Ivo Neame and Swedish drummer Anton Eger's eerie, birds'-wings sound. This edited live album features heated climaxes in which Eger's remarkable drumming is goaded by repeating hooks and bass vamps bring the house down on several tracks, but the buildups are just as absorbing – see Hoiby's downward- twisting bassline as Neame and Eger share percussive roles on the serpentine Urban Control, or the cello-like bowed intros and unhurried conversations on Phratenal and Wings 2 the Mind, the cat-and-mouse darts and feints of Nine Lives, the whirling dance of Herne Hill, and the transformation of Dr Black from a solemn folk melody to an ecstatic, audience-baiting thrash. A live album is exactly just the way to get the current Phronesis message across, and this is a powerful one."
"Phronesis are a jazz trio built around Danish bassist Jasper Hoiby's sinewy phrasing and huge tone, and encircled by fluent British pianist Ivo Neame and Swedish drummer Anton Eger's eerie, birds'-wings sound. This edited live album features heated climaxes in which Eger's remarkable drumming is goaded by repeating hooks and bass vamps bring the house down on several tracks, but the buildups are just as absorbing – see Hoiby's downward- twisting bassline as Neame and Eger share percussive roles on the serpentine Urban Control, or the cello-like bowed intros and unhurried conversations on Phratenal and Wings 2 the Mind, the cat-and-mouse darts and feints of Nine Lives, the whirling dance of Herne Hill, and the transformation of Dr Black from a solemn folk melody to an ecstatic, audience-baiting thrash. A live album is exactly just the way to get the current Phronesis message across, and this is a powerful one."
------ Review By The Guardian
Tracklist:
01. Urban Control
02. Phraternal
03. Behind Bars
04. Song For Lost Nomads
05. Wings 2 The Mind
06. Nine Lives
07. Deep Space Dance
08. Herne Hill
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