I love me some good ECM style jazz, but sometimes it can be a bit one-dimensional and bland if it doesn?t have a solid foundation or progression. But this sophomore album from a Norwegian-born saxophone player really has a sense of presence, atmosphere, and emotion that very few modern jazz albums have. I want my jazz to have such an uprooting connection with me that it can turn my emotions whenever it wants, and ?Drifting? absolutely does that. From the sweeping and breezy opening to more somber and haunting piano cuts like ?Oversoar,? it?s hard not to be swept through several emotions at once.
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