{"title":"Little North","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"while-you-wait","title":"While You Wait","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith their strong feeling for melody, harmony and dramaturgy, pianist Benjamin Nørholm Jacobsen, bassist Martin Brunbjerg Rasmussen and drummer Lasse Jacobsen create a cinematic sound - music that can at times be melancholic or enchantingly beautiful, and which is full of twists and turns.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Act Music","offers":[{"title":"Black LP.","offer_id":50400171098443,"sku":"2178863","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD.","offer_id":50400168214859,"sku":"2178862","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/While_You_Wait_feat._Oscar_Andreas_Haug_1f1f20b1_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726510850"},{"product_id":"wide-open-3","title":"Wide Open","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing two critically acclaimed albums in the space of just two years, contemporary Danish piano trio Little North continue their quest with 'Wide Open'. Wide Open (as the name suggests) examines their interplay in a freer setting. An abstract and introspective continuation of their musical narrative, the music is written and performed with openness, curiosity for the sound of the room and with a sensitivity for what the next moment may bring. From the beginning, Little North have been hailed as young jazz musicians mature and wise beyond their years. Their previous release 'Familiar Places' saw them featured on the cover of Spotify's 'State of Jazz' playlist twice, covered in Downbeat Magazine with a four star review, and championed by Danish National Radio P8 Jazz as Album of the week. Having spent the last several years defining and expanding their musical territory and with near-telepathic connection born out of this time together, they move effortlessly between composition and improvisation. Their sound is made up of tradition and adventure in equal measure, manifesting in seemingly effortless improvisations and tight-knit trio work based on sure-footed compositions. One might define Little North as a classic piano trio led by Benjamin N?rholm Jacobsen's introspectively dreamy piano playing, but this is a collective that is very much defined by all three musicians; Jacobsen on piano, Martin Brunbjerg Rasmussen on bass and Lasse  Jacobsen on drums. Their use of space, texture, extended techniques, and above all, awareness and listening craft a unified sound that is meditative and healing in nature. As indicated in the record's title, the ensemble's fifth album is arguably their most explorative yet. It features three standout moments of completely improvised music as well as passages for each member of the ensemble to explore the timbral capacities of their instruments. Devolving to greater levels of intimacy and tension than we've heard before from the trio, their emphasis on songwriting and melody provides an approachable sense of melancholy that is the trademark of the musical culture that made them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"April","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50405488165195,"sku":"2016948","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50405488492875,"sku":"2016953","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_98fe8d39_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726578045"},{"product_id":"crossing-currents","title":"Crossing Currents","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is ten years since Little North released their debut recording, \u003cem\u003eYonder\u003c\/em\u003e. The Danish piano trio’s new album \u003cem\u003eCrossing Currents\u003c\/em\u003e marks that anniversary and sees them fulfilling long-cherished dreams: not only does the new recording feature American vibraphone innovator and co-producer Joel Ross, it was also made in hallowed New York surroundings, The Bunker Studio in Brooklyn. And before entering the studio, pianist Benjamin Nørholm Jacobsen, bassist Martin Brunbjerg Rasmussen and drummer Lasse Jacobsen made sure that they took time to immerse themselves in the New York jazz scene and to draw inspiration from it. “For us, Joel Ross is quite simply the representative of that world,” says Jacobsen. “His approach is intellectually and spiritually clear, but also emotionally so. It is respectful, and he appreciates wonderful melodies. He has a particular kind of energy that doesn’t look back. And that is absolutely what we wanted on our album.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat energy also suited the trio’s second guest, Swedish saxophonist Hannes Bennich, whom Little North have known since their early days. “We had already worked with Hannes on other projects,” says Lasse Jacobsen. “In this case, he acted as a kind of ‘sparring partner’ for Joel Ross. He brought his own energy, he’s a true virtuoso, and has real knowledge and affinity for the music that Ross stands for. At the same time, we needed someone who could step straight into a recording situation with confidence and could contribute a musical voice that is entirely his own. Hannes was exactly the right person!”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrossing Currents\u003c\/em\u003e creates a very special atmosphere which is defined by two things: the juxtaposition of contrasting characters and the interplay of European and American influences. A memorable hallmark of Little North’s ACT debut \u003cem\u003eWhile You Wait\u003c\/em\u003e was that they created a special magic by opening up their musical connectedness - grown and developed through their many years of working together - to a soloist. On that earlier occasion, it was the Norwegian trumpeter Oscar Andreas Haug. But here they have taken that a stage further: whereas Haug can be seen as an extension of the same musical world which the trio inhabit, \u003cem\u003eCrossing Currents\u003c\/em\u003e is about opening up to different energies, venturing out of one’s comfort zone, and being inspired by the spirit of the creative cauldron which is New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe musicians’ openness towards one another, their mutual respect and regard are palpable and run like a strong thread through the album.\u003cem\u003e Crossing Currents\u003c\/em\u003e is an encounter on equal terms, sustained by alertness in listening to each other, and an intensity that can often be conveyed with no more than a few notes, harmonies or textures. This is particularly the case with the amount of space which the two harmony instruments - piano and vibraphone - allow each other. Pianist Benjamin Nørholm Jacobsen often lays the harmonic foundation, whilst Joel Ross plays finely nuanced melodies over it, frequently interwoven with the lines of saxophonist Hannes Bennich. And when the energy level increases, it happens collectively and with a shared intensity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrossing Currents \u003c\/em\u003eis never about one individual taking up a lot of space, but rather about balance, about sharing. The creative drive is strong, and yet there isn’t any pressure. 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