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Jens Kristian Andersen
JKA Quintet: From the Nocturnal Chironian
by Dave Wayne
A long-lost poem written as a teenager, a series of evocative dreams, and the interpenetration of astrology, Greek mythology and Jungian archetypal psychology form the conceptual framework for From the Nocturnal Chironian by Danish bassist and composer Jens Kristian Andersen. The music on From the Nocturnal Chironian is only one aspect of its physical manifestation. The CD booklet (and, I imagine, the gatefold sleeve of the LP version) features the artwork of Rithva Landler, a painter whose aim was to--as ...
read moreabout the album 'JKA Quintet - from the nocturnal Chironian': 'A remarkable work' - Thomas Nygaard, Århus Stiftstidende 'It's an impressive work...ambitious and uncompromising...an epic flow in the beautiful music...brought together in an impressive musical panoply. Simultaneously plump and naked. An imposing Jazz album of high quality. However, the greek mythology gives the album a very special and original glow' - Niels Overgaard, jazznyt.blogspot '...updated bop-music..the sound reminisces the sixties, and the sound works perfectly with the music of the band