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Tak for dit brev

by Simon Toldam

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1.
Mor 03:54
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2.
Nu sejler vi 04:24
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3.
Måneløb 05:33
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4.
Luft 00:59
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5.
Et postkort 06:40
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6.
Opdrift 04:41
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7.
Den Blå Stol 04:31
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Alberts Tic Tac 04:38
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Godmorgen Træ 04:16
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Gå Gå Gå 03:44
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11.
Dansk Kulturarv? 05:41
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12.
To virkeligheder 03:19
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“I see experiences as letters that are sent to me. With this album, I’m replying.” – Simon Toldam

Tak for dit brev (Thank You For Your Letter) is by Danish pianist and composer Simon Toldam. The release is a fictional correspondence in which life’s small and large experiences - everyday events, important human encounters, and transformative moments - are manifested as written letters, with Toldam’s compositions representing responses.

On Tak for dit brev, Toldam explores a melodically-motivated sonic landscape, marking a departure from his more recent work, which focused on sound and timbre.

He wrote most of the songs on clarinet, which applied new parameters and added new character to the process. Writing on a monophonic instrument demands and offers a different compositional approach than a polyphonic instrument such as piano.

This opened up new structural doors to Toldam, compelling him to create the melodic material first, thereafter creating the harmonic context and arrangement around it.

His marvelous ability to absorb and create music from surprising and fascinating angles is on full display here as he presents songs which orbit around strong melodies and shine with unabashed influence from Scandinavian Folk and Jazz musical traditions.

For the recording session at Stockholm’s Atlantic Studio, Toldam invited legendary Swedish bassist and composer, Georg Riedel (born 1934). Among other things, Riedel is known for his celebrated collaborations with Swedish pianist Jan Johansson (appearing on the timeless masterpiece, JAZZ PÅ SVENSKA), as well as having scored several Astrid Lindgren films, including Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Maple Hills, and many more. The rest of the band includes some of the most original voices and instrumental story-tellers in Scandinavia – Nils Berg on bass clarinet, Tobias Wiklund on cornet, and Anders Christensen on bass.

Tak for dit brev is Toldam’s 15th album as leader and co-leader. He is a recipient of the prestigious 3-year Working Grant from the Danish Arts Council, and a winner of 5 Danish Jazz Grammys (Danish Music Awards), most recently “Jazz Album of the Year” in 2019 for his trio recording, OMHU.

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released March 12, 2021

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ILK is an artist-run label and collective of 25 musicians based in Copenhagen, releasing new music hybrids, avant-, improv- and jazz related sounds by artists acknowledged as innovators on an international scale. The ILK catalogue also highlights a wide range of international collaborations with master musicians such as Paul Bley, Henry Grimes, John Tchicai, Andrew Cyrille and many more. ... more

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