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About Torben Waldorff's Afterburn
Danish guitarist Torben Waldorff follows up his Artist Share debut, Brilliance: Live at the 55 Bar (2006) with Afterburn, a studio session featuring the same core group of New Yorkers featured on his previous release. Based in Denmark and Sweden, but educated in the States, Waldorff is a shining example of today's vibrant international jazz scene.
A reunion of sorts, Donny McCaslin (tenor) Matt Clohesy (bass) and Jon Wikan (drums) are joined by keyboardist Sam Yahel on a stirring set of original tunes. With all but three pieces written by the leader, the quintet explores Waldorff's sophisticated harmonies and elaborate structures with sympathetic accord and virtuosic interplay. The close-knit rhythm section of Yahel, Clohesy and Wikan shades Waldorff's elegant compositions with colorful harmonic accents and lively tempo displacements.
A familiar face on the New York scene, McCaslin's adventurous work with Dave Binney, Dave Douglas and Maria Schneider is ample proof of his talents. An adherent of the post-Metheny/Scofield school, Waldorff is a confident melodist with a tendency towards understated experimentation. His bright processed tone and lilting, lyric phrases blend seamlessly with McCaslin's muscular timbre and intervallic cadences as they weave thorny lines into harmonious variations.
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