Pocket rhapsody (2016)/ Frank Woeste & Ben Monder & Justin Brown [US]

Eerste ACT-release van de pianist van trompettist Ibrahim Maalouf, die ook op een paar nummers meetoetert. Heerlijk gevarieerde plaat met hedendaagse jazz en moderne soundscapes." (bron: Jazz Center) "Most pianists opt for the trio format when they want to make their mark, but Frank Woeste takes the road less travelled on his label debut for ACT. Born in Germany but a longtime resident of Paris, Woeste is as much a composer and arranger as he is a keyboardist, and his choice of two heavyweight Americans guitarist Ben Monder and drummer Justin Brown suggests a desire to play outside the box. His compositions draw on influences as diverse as classical and drumnbass, and in the open textures of the leaders various keyboards, Monders sweeping chords and Browns electronica- inflected rhythms, there are echoes of Brad Mehldaus "Mehliana" project. But taken as a whole, Pocket Rhapsody is the fresh and invigorating sound of a pianist daring to be different." (Cormac Larkin, Irish Times; 4 uit 5 sterren)