Mikkelborg: Going To Pieces

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Product Description After a long absence, jazz patriarch Palle Mikkelborg, one of the undisputed founders of the Nordic Sound, returns with a full-length composition featuring the artistry of Helen Davies, Michala Petri and the strings of the South Jutland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Henrik Vagn Christensen. Going to Pieces reflects his life-long journey, through the sonic realms of progressive jazz, contemporary classical and world music idioms. The recording concludes with a special Bonus Track; 'Afterthoughts' - a live improvisation on themes from Going to Pieces featuring Mikkelborg's trumpet and live electronics by master producer Thomas LI. Review Its leisurely unfolding conjures a quiet profundity that is its own justification soothing and stimulating in equal measure --Gramophone October 2013you will surely admire its deft detailing, its beautiful solo writing, and the many moments offered for contrast of mood and rhythm. For all that it remains unsplintered, a reverie that summons up time and place - some African, some Chinese, some Irish - without becoming frustratingly modish or unfocused. In all respects the two well-known soloists acquit themselves with distinction, evoking textures and moods with ceaseless refinement. --Music Web, Jonathan Woolf