The North (Addo Records)
David Braid / Mike Murley / Anders Mogensen / Johnny Aman
Released September 30, 2018
Juno Award Winner Jazz Album of the Year: Group 2018
YouTube:
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kjkQkHijJHEPKrshbtFuGvmmBpW07aWN4
Spotify:
About:
“The North” is a jazz quartet creating music combining the experiences of jazz musicians living in Canada and Scandinavia. Multi-Juno Award winners David Braid and Mike Murley are long time musical collaborators as are Danish drummer Anders Mogensen and Finnish bassist Johnny Åman. All leaders in their own right, these musicians share common roots in the jazz tradition while reaching forward as improviser/composers to reflect their personal and cultural experiences.
Saxophonist Murley’s composition “The Split” conjures images of his native Nova Scotia through the lens of a Coltrane influence. Braid’s “Lele’s Tune” is a wide ranging suite that showcases the compositional skills that have brought the pianist international acclaim as an artist who seamlessly combines classical and jazz music. Mogensen and Åman are a formidable rhythm section who bring their vast experience and Scandinavian perspective to the group.
After playing dates in Canada and Europe in 2015 and 2016 their debut album “The North” was recorded in Copenhagen and was celebrated in Nov 2017 with a cross-Canada tour supported by the Canada Council, JazzDanmark and the Danish Composers Association.
Track Listing:
1. Lele’s Tune Part 1 10:33
2. Lele’s Tune Part 2 06:12
3. Lele’s Tune Part 3 04:52
4. Lele’s Tune Part 4 02:15
5. Some Other Spring 08:10
6. The Split Part 1 05:55
7. The Split Part 2 06:30
Personnel:
David Braid: piano
Mike Murley: sax
Johnny Åman: bass
Anders Mogensen: drums
Recorded on February 16th 2016 at Millfactory, Copenhagen, DK, by Bo Larsen
Mixing and Mastering by Dixon Van Winkle
Produced by David Braid
Photography by Nathan Wirth
Design by Jason Breen
