Jazz cd review:Phronesis
Ever since Edition Records’ sound engineer Matt Robertson captured the essence of Phronesis in their natural environment, on their debut and live recording Alive (Edition Records, 2010), comparisons with the late EST were inevitable.
The trio’s big and energetic sound, built around Jasper Hoiby’s brooding bass, propelled joyously by Ivo Neame’s piano and the astonishing drumming of Anton Eger — unavoidably replaced on Alive by drummer Mark Guiliana — created quite a stir among jazz fans.
