New album out with babel label available on all streaming platforms.
“Pianist Esben Tjalve has been forging an impeccable rep as sideman and bandleader. His ‘slow burn’ band Red Kite return with their third album, Popludium, which spotlights a pool of stellar European jazz talent, and, he tells Tom Spargo, he’s very proud of it”
Red Kite is a pan-European Danish/English and Italian quintet led by pianist Esben Tjalve.
"A feature of Red Kite is each member's instinct about when to play freely in counterpoint, or hold back with minimal accompaniment; solos are a collective effort with one member leading the way". The music of Red Kite draws the maximum out of each idea and element in a piece.
The instrumentation with trumpet, guitar, keyboards, piano, bass and drums creates a colourful and cinematic musical universe that is unpinned by a strong groove from the rhythm section.
Fulvio Sigurta - trumpet
Hannes Riepler - guitar
Esben Tjalve - keys
Jasper Hølby - bass
Marc Michel - drums