31. mars 2017

David Arthur Skinner
Skinner plays Skinner

Om utgivelsen

Playing standards is a major part of playing jazz, where the original intentions of the composer are not the important thing; rather, the musician makes decisions about how to make use of the music in a personal way, by altering harmony, rhythm and melody. I have been writing my own «standards» for many years; that is to say, writing pieces which can be approached from several angles – by anybody – without the essence of the music being lost. The pieces all exist within a framework of functional harmony and fixed structure, and I’ve played most of them with many other musicians in various settings, from jazz clubs to dance events. In this CD, the idea is to interpret my own jazz compositions in a new way, almost as if they were not mine.

As has always been the case in my solo recordings, I have not made use of any studio editing, and the pieces are presented exactly as they were played in the studio.

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Stubøprisen til Fred Glesnes

Saksofonist, komponist og bandleder Fred Glesnes ble lørdag tildelt nordnorsk jazz´ høyeste utmerkelse, Stubøprisen. En sentral musiker og leder i det nordnorske jazzmiljøet, som er betydningsfull både når det gjelder rekruttering og det å skape aktivitet lokalt og regionalt, uttaler Thorgeir Stubøs minnefond i begrunnelsen for tildelingen.

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