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Karel Boehlee专辑介绍：Pianist from The Netherlands, Karel Boehlee is well-known and very popular in Japan. He was a founding member of the anonymous-sounding European Jazz Trio, which helped ignite the "European jazz boom" in Japan over two decades ago. More recently, Boehlee has been releasing wonderful CDs with his regular trio from the M&I label, roughly at a pace of one album a year, without ever failing to captivate the Japanese fans. Boehlee is also a renowned jazz educator in the Amsterdam Conservatory, where the present recording took place. His latest release closely follows the successful formula of his recent CDs from M&I: A program of well-known standards, some pop songs (including two Stevie Wonder tunes) and a few originals, performed with impeccable taste and restraint. There are no trail blazing or bombastic gestures aimed at surprising the listener either in arrangements or performance. The keywords here are quiet intensity and subtle interactions. The rhythm section supports and complements Boehlee perfectly. The recorded sound from the woody tone of the bass to the sparkling sounds of brushes delicately striking various cymbals is also excellent. This is a disc that I will go back to and play again and again.