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João Paulo Esteves da Silva / Mário Franco / Samuel Rohrer: Brightbird
ByRecorded in the renowned La Buissonne Studio in the south of France, Bright Bird offers 13 pieces released on Arjunamusic from Berlin (available as high resolution download too). Arjunamusic is an independent platform organized by Swiss drummer Samuel Rohrer uniting esthetics of acoustic and electronic sounds. Brightbird is one of the purely acoustic undertakings. Besides the mentioned pieces it goes from the flowing "The Fire Place" to the celebrating and subcutaneous rocking "Sun," to the sparse but nonetheless conjuring "Trusting Heart/Cosmos." "Renewal" is a wonderfully understated piece full of rich overtones. It slowly unfolds from a very simple motif. "Winter" with its repeated quick runes evokes a certain serenity (with far Schubertian echoes).
"Bird" is all lightness and sophisticated shifting. "Noontide" has a fascinating bass plus cymbal figure at its center and "Walking" contains some abstracted bebop. Even more fascinating is "Uncertain Steps" with its fugue like conclusion and kind of inverted Monk-esque beginning. "Oldness" partly with prepared piano is both strong and fragile. "Waves" is a great game with tension between the regular and irregular (with remote echoes of Debussy's "La Mer"). Brightbird has its very own aesthetics beyond minimalism, ambient and ECM modesa remarkable, unparalleled extension and distinguished refinement of the classical piano trio form(at) by three renowned musicians deserving wider recognition and uptake.
Track Listing
The Fireplace; Sun; Trusting Heart/Cosmos; Renewal; Winter; Bird; Noontide; Waking; Uncertain Steps; Oldness; There Were Shadows; Waves; So Much Water So Much Green.
Personnel
Joao Paulo Esteves da Silva: piano; Mário Franco: double bass; Samuel Rohrer: drums.
Album information
Title: Brightbird | Year Released: 2017 | Record Label: Arjuna Music
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About João Paulo Esteves da Silva
Instrument: Piano
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