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Clockwork: The Contest
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Jonas Kullhammar
saxophoneb.1978
The compositions were written by three quartet members: pianist Oscar Gr?nberg (a member of Norway's Friends & Neighbors and

Hanna Paulsberg
saxophone, tenorAfter years of playing together the quartet has formed its own solid aesthetic which includes balanced interplay, clever compositions that do not follow obvious narratives, patient, slow-burning structures and a clear affinity for calm, melodic articulations. This temperament is open to numerous variations. On Gr?nberg's brilliant "Valseri," the pianist's repeated, disciplined chords construct a subtle tension released by Albrigtsen's impressionist linear flights. Gr?nberg's playful,

Thelonious Monk
piano1917 - 1982
A very promising debut. ">
Track Listing
Café Bentsebru; Valseri; The contest; Festivus; Minor Leaps; L?t; Slingshot; Ballato.
Personnel
Odd Steinar Albrigtsen: guitar; Oscar Gr?nberg: piano, rhodes; Peder Waern: double Bass; Truls R?nning: Drums.
Album information
Title: The Contest | Year Released: 2012 | Record Label: Recorda Records
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