The debut album from this band from Norway.
The band was a trio with a lineup of percussion, bass, guitars, organ, electric piano and moog.
Several guests added drums, percussion, cornet and saxophones.
Norway has established some jazz academies in the last twenty years. The result is that the jazz and fusion scene has grown a lot in the last years and is perhaps the most vital jazz and fusion scene in the world at the moment.
The result is also a lot of new bands. Some of them only releasing one album as a part of the musicians exams. Some bands and indeed artists has gone on to releasing many albums.
I sincerely hope Kronstad 23 will join the list of the bands with more than one album.
The music here is playful and intricate jazz with some fusion influences. I am not an expert on jazz. But the half-acoustic guitars and their interplays with the organ and woodwinds is really good and very enjoyable.
We get fifty minutes of intricate mid-tempo jazz here. The music is not particular melodic. There is a lot of very interesting details and riffs inbetween some rather quirky, short pieces of melodic harmonies.
The result is a pretty good album which should also interest the prog rock scene. Check it out.
3 points
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