Palle Mikkelborg, Bjarne Roup�, Benjamin Barfod, Anton Lange - Pieces: Generations At Sunrise (LP)

'Pieces' is the meeting of two generations - The experienced and mature: the trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg and the guitarist Bjarne Roup� and the two young and ready: Anton Langeb�k on bass and the percussionist Benjamin Barfod.

Bjarne Roup� Trio had been with Langeb�k and Barfod for a while, and when Palle Mikkelborg was set to play a concert for Jazz Grooves at JB10 in N�stved, it was obvious that the four musicians worked together this evening. It became a success and the musicians took the initiative to use the recordings for this release.

'Pieces: Generations at Sunrise' features five well-chosen compositions with Roup�'s overview and broad sounds, Langeb�k's pulsating bass, Barfod's distinctive percussion and Mikkelborg's trumpet and flugelhorn on top. We get extremely personal renditions of John Coltrane's Naima and the Abez classic Nature Boy. Other tracks include a Swedish folk melody, Saudi, with a beautiful guitar intro and more of the same sonorous element in the opening track Witchi-tai-to, which is carried on by Barfod's gubal.

Personnel: Palle Mikkelborg (trumpet, flugelhorn, effects), Anton Langeb�k (double bass), Benjamin Barfod (sound triangles, gubal, sansula, water drum, udo, gong & cymbals), Bjarne Roup� (electric guitar & effects).