Rosendal.Earle.Templeton

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Consisting of pianist Peter Rosendal, bassist Graig Earle and drummer Janus Templeton, Rosendal.Earle.Templeton has arrived as a fully mature - although still seeking - trio with convictions and courage. As always in a classic jazz trio, the main focus is on the pianist. However, Peter Rosendal is not one to sacrifice the sound of the band seeking personal attention. He prefers to be part of a tight unit. As a composer, he contributes his melodic talent to the trio’s music, giving it direction through his gifted compositions, and demonstrating how an unmistakably Danish sound can be combined with an unfaltering jazz feeling. On TIDE, he has refined content as well as approach, and in doing so Rosendal – and the trio as a whole – consolidate their unique place at the peak of the Danish jazz scene. In depth and musical integrity, they indeed seem alone among Danish piano trios. While steeped in the jazz tradition, the trio’s playing is still unique, simple and devoid of clichés. The music is mainly written by Rosendal, whose personal sound and indefinable Danish timbre has inspired much admiration both at home and abroad. The music finds inspiration in folk music and hymns as well as classical music – and naturally jazz. Bassist Graig Earle and drummer Janus Templeton provide steady accompaniment and inject the music with a modern rhythmic approach which perfectly compliments Rosendal’s writing and improvising. They play with the kind of tension that feels good, and pay great a

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