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ARTIST
TITLE
Agoja
FORMAT
CD
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CATALOG #
ODIN 9589CD
ODIN 9589CD
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RELEASE DATE
4/5/2024
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Kjetil Mulelid's various projects have received international acclaim, ranging from his duo with Siril Malmedal Hauge, his trio, and the quartet Wako. His first solo album, Piano received plaudits that placed him in the same company as pianists like Keith Jarret, Brad Mehldau, and Bill Evans. With Agoja Mulelid demonstrates what a musician and composer worthy of such acclaim can do with an ensemble cast of musicians of the highest caliber. On Agoja, three features are immediately apparent. First, that Mulelid's compositions are melodic, yet frequently surprising in their path from their beginning to end; second, that he is a generous band leader, allowing the musicians both to be themselves and to express themselves, often while he merges almost completely into the background; finally, that each composition has its own unique identity, yet bears Mulelid's hallmark clearly and distinctly. Kjetil Mulelid has distinguished himself as an inventive artist, blending jazz, psalms, and improvised music in both his own playing and compositions. He has played concerts in large parts of Europe and Japan and released several well-received albums as a solo-artist, as well as with his own Kjetil Mulelid Trio, the jazz quartet Wako, with singer Emilie Storaas as the duo Kjemilie, and with singer Siril Malmedal Hauge -- both as a band and as a piano/vocal duo. Featuring Selma French, Arve Henriksen, Martin Myhre Olsen, Trygve Seim, Mathias Eick, Signe Emmeluth, Sasha Berliner, Lyder Røed, and Lars Horntveth.
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