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Live @ Maggies ’18
This live recording of Arnold Ludvig’s quintet at Maggies Café in Nólsoy, Faroe Islands, reflects both community and individualism. It’s evident in the way his quintet performed all of Ludvig’s 7 tunes on this night. The flow and the interplay between all 5 musicians is quite sublime at times. The band is like a family, a really well functioning unit. The soloing by each musician reflects individual artistic expression and they give us personal interpretations of the tunes. It is a real pleasure to listen to the joyous playfulness by the quintet on this live recording.
All 7 compositions by Arnold Ludvig are written at different times in different cities, like Reykjavík, Montreal, Copenhagen and Tórshavn between 1993 and 2014. The tunes bring the listener on a musical journey, from Celtic folk music through modern Nordic inspired jazz, and back to African-American blues inspired jazz. The tunes reflect the composer’s search for his innermost true self expression as a jazz composer. Some of the compositions just came to him in a flash, “like from above”, in his own words. The quintet’s performance reflects that same flow of consciousness at Maggies that night in 2018.
Tracklist:
1. Port Of Thor
2. Journey To Copenhagen
3. Midnight Lullaby
4. Desire
5. Gróthúsvatn
6. Miles Beyond
7. I Feel Better
Released on the following formats:
Digitally on all major platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.).
You can check it out by using this link: https://bfan.link/live-maggies-18
Watch Live Session in Maggies:
