Fredator – Bad Jazz
[Suomen Musiikki, 2010]
Fredator is five Finnish guys in suits and neckties, playing jazz. Eight tracks lasting for 3/4 of an hour make Bad Jazz album. The name is quite untrue, as this jazz is really exquisite and good. Music rooted in the ’50s and sounding ever as fresh and fun today. Jussi Fredriksson is the main hero and the composer in Fredator, and he is to blame for transforming dull reality in a colorful weekend and celebration of life.
The very essence of music is its dynamics, and it’s never as visible as with jazz. The cohesion of instruments, the ability to listen to what others are playing ad at the same time create a masterful improv of your own is what makes it momentary and beautiful. Bad Jazz is deep and light, transparent and solid at the same time. Melting saxophone, steady advance of drums, agile and fluid keyboards… And all these come together in a wonderful harmony – which is hard not to dance to, at least in your head. This is the music that creates an atmosphere of rest and joy around it.
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