THOMAS STRØNEN : RELATIONS

Musical messages from Oslo, New York, Basel and Lugano – recorded between 2018 and 2022 – are juxtaposed and recombined on an absorbing recording that features Norwegian drummer Thomas Strønen solo and in a series of duets . With such partners as Craig Taborn, Chris Potter, Sinikka Langeland and Jorge Rossy,  the musical frame of reference is very broad.  Elements from Langeland’s’s archaic-sounding folk to Potter’s post-Coltrane saxophone and Taborn’s whirlwind modernist piano each find their place in a project that implies new threads of connectivity, new creative relationships. The album was completed and mixed by Strønen and producer Manfred Eicher at Bavaria Musikstudios in Munich in February 2023.

Featured Artists:

Thomas Strønen Drums, Percussion

Craig Taborn Piano

Chris Potter Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone

Sinikka Langeland Kantele, Voice

Jorge Rossy Piano

Recorded

August 2018, Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano

Original Release Date

29.11.2024