release date: Jan. 1, 1986
format: vinyl (SLP 4114)
[album rate: 4 / 5] [3,86]
producer: Mikkelborg, Knudsen, NHØP
label: Storyville Records - nationality: Denmark
Collaboration album credited Mikkelborg / Knudsen / NHØP, which means former band members trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg and keyboardist Kenneth Knudsen of the jazz fusion band Entrance together with bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. The album consists of seven compositions of which Knudsen is credited three (tracks A1, A3, A4), Mikkelborg two (tracks (A2, B2), NHØP one (track B3), and one cover song "Imagine" by John Lennon (track B1).
Stylistically, it's jazz fusion, fusion rock, and free improvisation, and as a whole, the album comes out as a fine coherent release. Some compositions are melody-based and pop-oriented with a sense for song structure with recurring themes, whereas others are more complex in style, composition, and in arrangements - this is also made clear by running times. Five of the seven tracks have running times under 5 minutes, but two tracks (A2 & B2) are considerably longer with B2 running nearly 11 minutes.
Imho, the album is wonderful with bonds to the heydays of Entrance as well as Mikkelborg and NHØP's later solo works.
Imho, the album is wonderful with bonds to the heydays of Entrance as well as Mikkelborg and NHØP's later solo works.
