The musical partnership between Estonian pianist Kristjan Randalu and Polish drummer Bodek Janke reaches back over three decades, when the two – still in their school days – together formed their very first bands. They have collaborated in various constellations, including as a duo, on and off ever since, together appearing on ten albums, combining jazz and other improvisational idioms with a variety of folkloric traditions in what Jazztimes Magazine has dubbed displays of “visceral excitement and engrossing interplay.” Double Standard is the first recorded documentation of the duo’s exceptional craft since the 2008 live-album, simply titled Live, which Jazztimes went on to call “a thrilling ride”. On the new EP, Randalu and Janke explore a set of jazz standards from an angular perspective, dissecting familiar melodies and changes with transfigured time signatures, playful polyrhythms and all the musical intimacy they have been developing for so many years.
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2024, XJAZZ! Music
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2024, XJAZZ! Music
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2020, Dreyer Gaido
This is the digital version of the album in WAV format: great sound quality, uncompressed. Big file sizes.
2020, Dreyer Gaido
This is the digital version of the album in MP3 format.
2018, Dreyer Gaido
This is the digital version of the album in WAV format: great sound quality, uncompressed. Big file sizes.
2018, Dreyer Gaido
This is the digital version of the album in MP3 format. Best for smartphone users.
2020, Dreyer Gaido
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With this production you´re going to experience the continuation - or so called next step - of my current, very personal project: SONG. Like on the previous record, I´ve chosen some of my favourite tunes (or: least favourite tunes, some of which have been haunting me for decades, like nightmares...) from my childhood, youth, and present time, and mixed them together with originals by singer-songwriter Shishani, plus a couple of my own tunes.
And with a nice group of brilliant musicians - some of my favourite artists on this planet - we´ve created something new and powerful. I´m more than happy to share this music with you today! Sit back, remember some of the good old times, but get ready for the present moment, and enjoy SONG2...
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The production of SONG has been a rather spontaneous, emotional response to an unusual and - let´s call it mysterious - encounter: The collaboration of a singer-songwriter from the USA and a drummer-percussionist from Europe. A clash of musical and personal cultures, very different habits, melodies and rhythms. In saying that however, the mutual curiosity and sympathy gave us a fruitful foundation for working on these songs, both originals and well-known tunes from different eras.
It was always my wish to create music which connects with people who might not be professional listeners, or musicians. I think that the format of "the song" per se is, globally speaking, the most accessible kind of music to everybody. I would like to dedicate this album to all those who have experienced (or are experiencing) the feeling of being in the moment, being unconditional, being here and now. That´s what I´ve been experiencing when arranging and recording SONG. Hope you´ll enjoy listening to this album.
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