Description
Comprising a never before released body of recording made during roughly the same period - what might have been the follow up to “Peace” but never was - “Love”, Tordenskjolds Soldater’s first new LP in more than 50 years, picks up within the rich territory where its predecessor left off. Laden with deep grooves and driving rhythms, the album launches into action with the opener, “Native Land”, a joyous explosion built around the visionary piano playing of Ole Mathiessen, foot stomping, hypnotic cycles by Henrik Hove and Jon Finsen, and soulful lines by Jesper Nehammer on sax. From here the band moves into alternate version of “Memoires of Isadora Duncan”, a composition that featured on “Peace”, this time encountering Matthiessen winding through the intoxicating melodies of Nehammer on Fender Rhodes. From here on, every track has never been encountered before in recorded form as the first side hits souring heights as the band locks in with “Dah Dah”, a piece that makes subtle nods to joyous territory being explored roughly concurrently by artists like Don Cherry, Chris McGregor, and Dudu Pukwana during the early '70s, threading avant-garde jazz with a deep sense of soulfulness.
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