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ALISTER SPENCE TRIOSELECTED PRESS QUOTES'Spence has that priceless gift of always leaving you wanting more...He is never less than absorbing.' Stuart Nicholson, Jazzwise Magazine, UK, Nov 06'Compelling....and harmonically inviting' Edmonton Journal, CAN, July 06 'The trio's experience together is reflected in a fluency and
understanding that allows them generally to change pace and develop
pieces with apparent ease....Dynamic music full of incident and
building an exciting momentum.' 'Soothing atmospherics, flying swing,
meaty grooves, free improvising and tranquil pools of lyricism
all come and go, beautifully played and sensationally recorded.
The transformations are always guaranteed to draw you into their
captivating musical worlds.’ ‘Expressing a style based on mainstream and integrating
free form and new sensations that remind us of Paul Bley, it would
be no exaggeration to say that Spence’s intellectual taste,
and the fact that he doesn’t get caught up in ritual or tradition,
highlights an outstanding personality, and that indeed he is fully
rivalling the pianists who have brought about the present boom
in piano trio music’. ‘Beautiful. Spence’s piano
vocabulary is very distinctive, his playing very fine, with rhythmic
excitement and melodic beauty entwined’ ‘This is the sound of the hammer
striking the nail right on the head, sweetly, every time’ ‘This is jazz at its most violently
inventive and sublimely addictive. Give us more.’ ‘The Alister Spence Trio provide a formidable musical experience...one
of the most illuminating, moving musical entities I've ever encountered...
the three members play so that the melody is always the prime component,
never rushing into the music, always allowing the songs space to
breathe.’ John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 2000 ‘When I hear a brilliant jazz piano at stretch I think of
a sunny morning outside Kyoto…That’s where this very
special Trio takes me, and they ought to be heard outside the jazz
world’
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