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Alex Hutton Trio - Legentis (2012, F-IRE Records)

 

 

 

 

 

Alex Hutton Trio - Legentis

 

2012, F-IRE Records

 

 

01. J.J.  02. The Legentis Script  03. Clouds  04. Then There Were Four  05. Hymn II (We The People)

06. Farewell 296  07. Wonder Why  08. Crying Wolf  09. A Norsk Tale (piano solo)

 

 

Alex Hutton · piano

Yuri Goloubov · bass
Asaf Sirkis · drums
Heidi Vogel · vocal (1, 3)
Jim Rattigan · French horn (2, 8)
Keith Thompson · flute, english horn (2, 5)

 

 

 

The emotional heat created by the trio is lowered on three tracks—the melancholic "Clouds,"

elegiac "Farewell" and piano-only "A Norsk Tale,"

which is inspired not by Hollywood but by Edvard Greig's Lyric Pieces for solo piano.

But most of the time, the music is dramatic and powerfully built, while carefully avoiding cheap melodrama or bombast.

"J.J." and "The Legentis Script" are positively anthemic, "Then There Were Four" reminiscent of the Esbjörn Svensson Trio at its best,

and "Wonder Why" rocks out in 7/8 time.

 

The group is augmented on four of the album's nine tracks. Heidi Vogel's wordless vocals add further atmosphere to

"J.J." and "The Legentis Script," on the second of which she is joined by French hornist Jim Rattigan and flautist Keith Thompson.

Rattigan is also heard on "Hymn Two," and Thompson on "Crying Wolf." The three guests add color, but are not central to the plot.

 

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Main Photo: Kaveh H. Steppenwolf (Germany) - The Abyss