Thomas Agergaard - Black Swan Fulfilled By FYE Smiles and laughter are never

Smiles and laughter are never far away in Françaix's music and the mood brightens with a darting Scherzando

and rehearsed to tour with Purple Mountains last August before the tour's cancellation

including his Variations on 'Là ci darem la mano' from Mozart's Don Giovanni

Combining with a voice that's been described by Christopher Loudon as "singularly gorgeous" in JazzTimes

Thomas Agergaard - Black Swan Fulfilled By FYE Smiles and laughter are neverThe Danish alto saxophonist Christina von Blow has created a very special trio with two jazz masters in their own right: The Swedish bassist Palle Danielsson and the American drummer Eliot Zigmund. Together, they pick up standards from the great songbooks of jazz and make them their unique own creations; like birds singing, never quite repeating the same sound. Thomas Clausen, writer of the liner notes, explains: "The present [album] is all about this