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At the time of this recording, New Zealand's Mike Nock was one of the great, unsung pianists in European stlyed jazz. His elegant phrasing and wildly inventive melodicism fly in the face of all notions that claim improvisation must be outside Western musical parameters and structures. On Ondas, Nock has assembled a rhythm section that, while never having played together before shared the ability to create the bedrock, however flexible, for the artist's crystalline compositions and solos.
PERSONNEL:
MIKE NOCK, piano
EDDIE GOMEZ, bass
JON CHRISTENSEN, drums
Recorded November 1981, Talent Studio, Oslo.
TRACKS:
01. Forgotten Love
02. Ondas
03. Visionary
04. Land Of The Long White Cloud
05. Doors