The tunes are instantly recognizable: well-known standards such as "All The Things You Are", "Over The Rainbow" or "Autumn Leaves". And yet the listener always has the impression of hearing something completely new.
The tunes are instantly recognizable: well-known standards such as "All The Things You Are", "Over The Rainbow" or "Autumn Leaves". And yet the listener always has the impression of hearing something completely new. On "Painting Music", Danish pianist Carsten Dahl gives his own take on some of the great classics of the jazz repertoire in a way that is highly personal, resolutely individual and completely revelatory.Born in 1967, Dahl has been one of the outstanding jazz pianists in Europe for many years. He came to instrument very late, however. He started on the drums as a nine-year-old, by the age of 12 he was already well advanced towards becoming a professional, and at 18 was admitted to Copenhagen’s renowned Rhythmic Music Conservatory, where his teachers included one of the greats, US drumm...
line upCarsten Dahl / piano
Nils Bo Davidsen / bass
Stefan Pasborg / drums
Recorded in 2019 by Audun Borrmann at Rainbow Studio, Oslo and by Thomas Vang
at The Village Studios, Copenhagen. Mixed by Thomas Vang and mastered by Klaus
Scheuermann. Produced by Carsten Dahl
Painting by Carsten Dahl: Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard walks in the winter
forest, acrylic on canvas
