Frederik Villmow - Momentum (CD)

Release Date: 06/09/23

Modern European jazz featuring Olga Konkova on piano

I would like to provide a few more details about how this music came
about and the process along the way.
We had two recording sessions at Musikkloftet in Asker, just outside of
Oslo.
On the first of the two recording sessions we recorded compositions by
Gisle, Olga and me that reflect our different approaches to composing and
the different sides of us as musicians and individuals. One thing all
compositions on this recording have in common is that they have their
own character and that they leave plenty of space to be formed and
interpreted by the musicians playing them. Gisle´s tune „Ali kurerer gruff'
and my two compositions „Momentum' and „Eternity' have a written
theme and are based on a chord-scheme that we improvised on in the
solo sections. On Olgas tune, „B-flat', we worked without any lead sheets
at all and got only a few verbal guidelines. The second session was a fully
improvised session.
My aim with this recording was to trust the unknown and playing together
with an open mind and open ears. Except for „Eternity' all tunes on this
album are first takes.
You never know when magic happens when making music, but there are
plenty of moments from this recording session that, to me, were quite
magical and that were unique in the way everything came together in the
moment.
Let go of fixed forms and let the music travel into unknown terrain. That's
exactly what happened when the music took us to places no one had
planned or even imagined.
Making music in this way, both in ensemble playing and in totally free
improvised settings, demands a lot from the musicians involved and I'm
very glad having these wonderful musicians around.
I am very happy with the music as it turned out and of course I hope that
you can find pleasure, inspiration, or something else in this music that you
can resonate with when listening to it

Frederik Villmow, October 2022