"Myriam ALTER is a pianist with a track record out of the ordinary. Classical formation during childhood and teen age she came back to music and namely jazz after nearly two decades of absence. At age 36 she took back, first alone, to the keyboard, before following lessons, which proved to be determining, with John Ruocco and Dennis Luxion, and there after with Hein Van de Geyn. She soon discovered her skills as a brilliant composer with an individual approach to romantic moods. Since then, she leads a quintet in which the rhythm and the soloists respond as well as by motivation as by joviality to the compositions of Myriam Alter the pianist. Reminiscence is the quintet's first album." (Jazz in Belgium)
"Sometimes unexpected connections yield the most wonderful results. Saxophonist Andy Sheppard, bassist Michel Benita and drummer Sebastian Rochford all have more than enough cred to suggest capability in any context, but none of their individual pursuits could presage a collaboration like Trio Libero, quite possibly the finest saxophone trio recordings of the new millennium, and one to rival previous ECM successes like bassist Dave Holland's Triplicate (1988) or saxophonist Jan Garbarek's Triptykon (1973). Trio Libero doesn't swing like Triplicate, nor does it possess the fiery free energy that so launched Garbarek's early career; instead, Trio Libero is an album of gentle freedom, spare but unfailing lyricism, and the kind of constant revelation that makes it a new experience with every listen. Rather than a demonstration of prowess, Trio Libero is proof that there's power in subtlety and drama in understatement—that tension can sometimes be found in the slightest of gestures." (AllAboutJazz.com)
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