Axiom, by Tom Prehn Quartet

Axiom

by Tom Prehn Quartet

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	1.	Axiom 1 19:14
	2.	Axiom 2 18:59
	3.	Percussive Anticipations 12:36

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Arguably the rarest LP of European free jazz, Axiom was recorded in 1963 for the Swedish label Sonet. Test pressings were released to the musicians, but they were not approved and the label never printed more than the two first copies. Prehn's music, which is exclusively known from a 1967 release that was reissued on the Unheard Music Series, is not only impossibly uncommon, it is also exceptionally wonderful, featuring an extended tenor saxophone solo by Frits Krogh that is clearly influenced by Sonny Rollins but has a unique character. The rhythm section is deep into non-metrical time, something unusual in a European context before 1965, and comparisons to Cecil Taylor are valid, though Prehn's playing has little in common with the American master, exploring chords and clusters rather than linear runs. The two tracks of the original LP, mastered from both extant copies of the test master, are augmented by a single track from 1966, never before released.

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released May 18, 2019

Credits
Tenor Saxophone – Frits Krogh
Piano – Tom Prehn
Bass – Poul Ehlers
Drums – Finn Slumstrup

Recorded in Copenhagen, October 13th, 1963
Mastered at Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, January 2015.
Produced by John Corbett

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Tom Prehn Quartet Copenhagen, Denmark

Danish pianist Tom Prehn was one of the first Europeans to deeply explore free music. With his quartet, Prehn recorded Axiom in October, 1963, for Sonet, though it went unreleased until 2015 because the band felt that their music had moved beyond it already. To hear the music they were talking about, one could only turn to two privately-made reel-to-reel tapes, Centrifuga and Sohlverv. ... more

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