# CD review: Josefine Cronholm, Kirk Knuffke & Thommy Andersson – Near The Pond 2021: Video, CD cover

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2021/03/28/cd-review-josefine-cronholm-kirk-knuffke-thommy-andersson-near-the-pond-2021-video-cd-cover/
- Published: 2021-03-28T00:39:24+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**NEAR THE POND, the new album by American cornetist Kirk Knuffke (born 1980), Swedish
bassist/cellist Thommy Andersson (born 1973), and Swedish vocalist Josefine Cronholm(
born 1971) explores cross-continental friendships and cultural exchanges in a project
inspired by the literary works of Swedish-American author Carl Sandburg.**

A skilled guitarist and singer as well, Sandburg collected American folk music and
it was this advanced musicality that Kirk Knuffke appreciated in his poetry, leading
to three of the author’s poems appearing on this recording. Josefine Cronholm was
fascinated with Clara Mathilda’s fate inspiring new music and lyrics she brought
to the project.

Knuffke and Andersson have worked together in several projects over the years and
it didn’t take long for them to recognize and appreciate what they had in common.

For Cronholm, her voice is an instrument that must be listened to and respected 
as an equal third of the trio. As a wordless improviser she demonstrates control
that exudes both courage and imagination.

The songs on this album are, for the most part, easily accessible to listeners and
relatively short in length. The improvisation is free and few specific musical agreements
were made in advance regarding forms and arrangements. This is a well-planned, beautifully
executed production that does justice to the sometimes daringly loose and fresh 
structural energy of Sandburg’s poems.

 1.  Clara Mathilda’s Dream (4:50)
 2.  I Don’t Know (4:17)
 3.  White Shoulders (3:57)
 4.  Dozen a Day (3:28)
 5.  Subway (3:05)
 6.  One Wish (3:48)
 7.  I Sang (4:45)
 8.  Wrong with You (1:30)
 9.  One For All (3:51)
 10. Near the Pond (4:00)

![Josefine Cronholm, Kirk Knuffke, Thommy Andersson – NEAR THE POND V.Ö.: 26.  März
2021 (Stunt/inakustik) – Uwe Kerkau Promotion](https://i0.wp.com/www.uk-promotion.
de/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Cover_Near-The-Pond-1500x1344.jpg?resize=640%2C573&
ssl=1)

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