Turning Point Adam Forkelid

• 1 Turning Point 06:31
• 2 Strive 05:27
• 3 The Space Between 04:03
• 4 No Man’s Land 05:59
• 5 Moving On 07:10
• 6 The Old House 03:44
• 7 No Worries 04:25
• 8 Fragments 03:38
• Total Runtime 40:57

Info for Turning Point

Life changes. Feelings change. Music changes. Sometimes, you reach a turning point of some kind. Whenever this happens, the story of your life depends on where you begin and end the chapters. Are things changing for the better or for the worse, or both, or neither? We might not know until we see everything in retrospect, and even then we might not be quite sure. But in the end, these turning points define our stories. Recorded in just one day this music tries to catch an emotion that was fleeting in the air. It came about both with ease and through struggle. At the end we're left with fragments of all the feelings, thoughts and Life changes. Feelings change. Music changes. Sometimes, you reach a turning point of some kind. Whenever this happens, the story of your life depends on where you begin and end the chapters. Are things changing for the better or for the worse, or both, or neither? We might not know until we see everything in retrospect, and even then we might not be quite sure. But in the end, these turning points define our stories. Recorded in just one day this music tries to catch an emotion that was fleeting in the air. It came about both with ease and through struggle. At the end we're left with fragments of all the feelings, thoughts and experiences it's given us, and after a while it becomes a memory.

"...this album will be surprising for those of you who are not yet familiar with this artist; for others, it is a highly anticipated masterpiece. ... Adam Forkelid is the perfect musical synthesis between Joe Zawinul regarding his solo career as a pianist and Wayne Shorter; like them, he possesses an immense musical culture and stands as a visionary … We receive a lot of very good albums from pianists and composers; as far as Europe is concerned, Adam Forkelid is well above his peers, offering us here an album as useful for our intellect as it is “indispensable."

"Adam Forkelid’s jazz has no boundaries and does not see or will see a date. Once again, partly due to the choice of an acoustic configuration that brings a groove to each track, which generally is the work of American artists, what sets him apart is his way of writing music, of thinking about it, which makes him unique. We receive a lot of very good albums from pianists and composers; as far as Europe is concerned, Adam Forkelid is well above his peers, offering us here an album as useful for our intellect as it is “indispensable.” (Thierry De Clemensat, Move Jazz, Paris)

Adam Forkelid, piano
Carl Mörner Ringström, guitar
Niklas Fernqvist, double bass
Daniel Fredriksson, drums

Adam Forkelid
has been an influential part of the Swedish and Scandinavian jazz scene for some 20 years. He began early, with drum lessons from the legendary drummer and educator Petúr Östlund from the age of 5, and at the same time began to play the piano under guidance from his father. He was on stage from the same age and has from the very start had a keen interest in jazz and improvisation. He got his formal education at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, where he also later in life was headteacher in jazz piano for a few years. Adam's album debut came 2005, with "Cirkel", an underground hit featuring the remarkable Joakim Milder on saxophone, but the breakthrough came with the playful and innovative trio Lekverk, that had a profound influence on the Nordic jazz scene, ever since their debut album "21st Century Jump" from 2008. With drum star Jon Fält (Bobo Stenson trio, Ellen Andrea Wang, Tomasz Stanko) and innovative bass player Putte Johander (Sekten, Fattigfolket, Monozwesi), the trio managed to fuse playfulness with an uncompromising music in a highly inspiring way. Other notable groups include the futuristic fusion group Soundscape Orchestra, and a trio with Swedish bass legend and master composer Georg Riedel and Jon Fält. Adam has also toured with Brazilian guitar phenomenon Pedro Martins, worked with British composer Gavin Bryars and the Cullberg Ballet, been a member of the world renowned Norrbotten Big Band, where he for a few years worked with the likes of Maria Schneider, Angelique Kidjo and Knower (Louis Cole & Genevieve Artadi), all of whom acknowledged his great skills and creativity. He has also played and toured with most of the prominent Swedish jazz musicians, among them Magnus Öström, Dan Berglund, Nils Landgren, Peter Asplund and Viktoria Tolstoy. Adam is also a part of the Svante Söderqvist Trio.

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