Bugge Wesseltoft: Songs – review

(Jazzland)Norwegian pianist Bugge Wesseltoft was the power behind the dance-oriented New Conceptions of Jazz movement in the mid 1990s. More recently he has investigated dialogues with computer musicians that reference contemporary-classical music, tango and jazz fusion, and solo-piano explorations sometimes closer to John Cage or Erik Satie. This is Wesseltoft's long-postponed visit to the jazz standards he eschewed because he felt there was nothing new to bring to them. If you like hearing Dar...

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