Kristjan Randalu, Bodek Janke - Double Standard (2024) [Hi-Res]

The musical partnership between Estonian pianist Kristjan Randalu and Polish drummer Bodek Janke reaches back over three decades, when the two – still in their school days – together formed their very first bands. They have collaborated in various constellations, including as a duo, on and off ever since, together appearing on ten albums, combining jazz and other improvisational idioms with a variety of folkloric traditions in what Jazztimes Magazine has dubbed displays of “visceral excitement and engrossing interplay.” Double Standard is the first recorded documentation of the duo’s exceptional craft since the 2008 live-album, simply titled Live, which Jazztimes went on to call “a thrilling ride”. On the new EP, Randalu and Janke explore a set of jazz standards from an angular perspective, dissecting familiar melodies and changes with transfigured time signatures, playful polyrhythms and all the musical intimacy they have been developing for so many years.

Kristjan Randalu - piano, Bodek Janke - percussion

Tracklist:
1-1 Kristjan Randalu;Bodek Janke - At Last [5:35]
1-2 Kristjan Randalu;Bodek Janke - So What [5:06]
1-3 Kristjan Randalu;Bodek Janke - Cantaloupe Island [4:27]
1-4 Kristjan Randalu;Bodek Janke - Take Five [4:52]
1-5 Kristjan Randalu;Bodek Janke - Blue Bossa [3:58]