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Raberg, as may well be expected, comes up with another delectable recording.
Jerry D'Souza - AAJ
...this is an excellent opportunity to hear a leading musician, who is also a sought-after teacher through whose work the shape of jazz to come is being fashioned.
Bruce Crowther – Swing2Bop
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"Bruno stands out: big notes, glowing with life. He is man to watch, and a major presence."
-- JazzUSA (John Barrett)
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Bassist/composer Råberg has an earthy, pure tone that translates beautifully to disc; he plays with an artistic economy that serves his compositions well.
-- Bass Player Magazine
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As a composer, Råberg is a jazz impressionist of the highest order.
-- Double Bassist (UK)
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As a player, Råberg is graceful and lyrical with a real fleetness to his articulation and a keen grounding in rhythm and harmony.
-- Cadence Magazine
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Best of 2004 list!
-- JazzMatazz
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Publisher's Pick of the Week
-- Michael Ricci, All About Jazz - New York
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...one of the best albums of the year."
-- Jay Miller Quincy Patriot Ledger
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Bruno Råberg knows how to make a nonet sing. His music moves in subtle, wave-like rhythmic variations through extended song forms colored by warm, pastel harmonies and tone colors.
-- John Garelick - Boston Phoenix
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Raberg's bass stays a clear focus, but the brass, reeds & drums are clearly not just in a support role,these guys read each other like a book, & display aural talents far superior to most!
Very well executed, super recording, an all-round pleasant jazz trip that gets our MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED rating!
-- Jazz Doctor.com
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Using the varied textures of three brass and three woodwinds, Råberg's originals creates a perfect combination of fire and finesse. Råberg's pure, acoustic tone and well played lines and solos lay at the heart of the horns, Mick Goodrick's guitars, and Marcello Pellitteri's drums.
-- Ed Friedland - Bass Player Magazine
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[Orbis] from Bruno Raberg has very good musical strength, both from the standpoint of composition (by Bruno Raberg) as well as from improvisation; the players seem to become one in spirit in order to create melodies from a musical language which is beautiful and full of imagination.
-- WartaJazz Indonesia
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Great qualities of execution, clarity of melodic lines sometimes inspired from Folk music from Norway or Sweden, ease in polyrhythms, dynamic in all moments: To be listened to at once!
-- Claude Colpaert, JazzHot (France)
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With the dexterity and ease of the bass, the brilliance of the soprano sax, the articulation and clarity of the drums, one could imagine the meeting of Marc Johnson, Charles Brackeen and Peter Erskine: but in fact it is here Bruno Raberg, Ole Mathisen and Marcello Pellitteri that have nothing to envy them.
-- Claude Colpaert, JazzHot (France)
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Presence might signify Bruno Raberg’s finest solo effort to date, thanks
in part, to the bassist’s subliminally complex frameworks, symmetrical
arrangements and strong leadership. Recommended!
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-- Glenn Astarita All Music Guide
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