Trombonissimo

Trombonissimo: The Erling Kroner Dream Quintet

by Jack Bowers
December 1, 1999

Erling Kroner is a man divided — his mind and body pledged to Denmark, his heart and soul wedded to the sultry music of Argentina. Happily for the listener, the outcome of Kroner’s schizophrenia is a near–perfect amalgam of straight–ahead Jazz / blues and South American rhythms and harmonies, more specifically those of the tango and milonga. Seven of the eight compositions on Trombonissimo are Kroner’s (the other, “Minguito,” was written by Dino Saluzzi), and to play them he has ...