Arve Henriksen, Harmen Fraanje

Touch Of Time (CD)

A striking musical rapport between Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen and Dutch pianist Harmen Fraanje is palpable in the duo’s quietly lyrical investigations on Touch Of Time. These are delicate melodies and textures, flowing between two musicians, who are deeply in tune with nuances of tone-shadings and the detailed development of a musical idea. In both freely improvised forms and carefully wrought themes, their instruments connect gracefully, picking up and finishing each other’s phrases. Touch of Time, recorded in January 2023 at the Auditorio Stelio Molo in Lugano, was produced by Manfred Eicher.

TRACK LIST

1. Melancholia (Arve Henriksen, Harmen Fraanje)
2. The Beauty Of Sundays (Harmen Fraanje)
3. Redream (Arve Henriksen, Harmen Fraanje)
4. The Dark Light (Arve Henriksen, Harmen Fraanje)
5. What All This Is (Harmen Fraanje)
6. Mirror Images (Arve Henriksen, Harmen Fraanje)
7. Touch Of Time (Harmen Fraanje)
8. Winter Haze (Arve Henriksen, Harmen Fraanje)
9. Red And Black (Arve Henriksen, Harmen Fraanje)
10. Passing On The Past (Arve Henriksen, Harmen Fraanje)