Jon Falt
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His profile may not be as high as the likes of Keith Jarrett or Brad Mehldau, but Bobo Stenson is certainly on a par with them. Jon Falt, a comparatively new arrival on the jazz scene but a regular member of the Trio for the last four years, completes the line up of this Trio of talents «... that seems to think with one mind? Time Out. Jon Falt more active in his sense of adventure, but — elegant player.
Amazingly, Cantando represents drummer Jon Fält? s recorded debut. His deep swing, rhythmic deftness, and attention to detail belie his age (30) and lack of recorded experience. Achingly beautiful, casually virtuosic, impossibly wide-ranging, Cantando represents some of the finest jazz of the new millennium.
The trio’s music was largely from Bobo’s recent CD «Goodbye» on ECM. ‘Jon Falt a drummer with great flair and imagination, he have developed a richly detailed sound-world like nothing else in modern jazz. He is sensational Swedish drummer, he is the wonderful part of this perfect work with dominant themes of Nordic folk music. Old music, new and fresh improvisation?, — says European critics.
«A superb set: sensitive, sensuous and swinging.» (Time Out)