Christina Dahl Quartet: Quintesse

Soft toned and breathy tenor saxist Christina Dahl creates Givenchy impressions with her team of Niclas Knudsen/g, Nils Bosse Davidsen/cel-eb and Espen Laub von Lillienskjold/dr-perc. The eight tunes are soft and brooding themes, with sighing sax and brooding bows on pieces such as “Invisible Whispering” the chamber’d “Clarity” and the Bartokian “Slowly Slide.” Daviden’s electric bass line adds texture to the soft “Quintesse” and cadences with Lillienskjold’s military taps on “Breathless Octavia” with a gorgeous canter for “Signs and Signals.” More wisps and fog than The Hound of the Baskervilles.”

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