{"id":5122,"date":"2021-07-08T16:31:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T14:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alexkoomusic.com\/?page_id=5122"},"modified":"2025-02-28T08:38:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T07:38:46","slug":"alex-koo-solo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alexkoomusic.com\/index.php\/alex-koo-solo\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Koo (solo)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alex Koo | Variations on the Easiest Song in the World | Live at jazzahead!\" width=\"829\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DttMFEjmk-Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alex Koo Live at AB - Ancienne Belgique\" width=\"829\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wr3zS4ProOY?start=957&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><em>Alex\u2019 fabulous technique, sounding downright genius at times, is the basis for this dizzying&nbsp;<br>tour de force of an album. He is also a superbly original composer.&nbsp;<\/em><strong>\u2013&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>London Jazz News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><em>Wonderful compositions, miles away from the shallowness of the so-called \u201cneo-classical\u201d. In \u201cSonar\u201d, the longest piece on the album, the improviser in Koo suddenly explodes \u2013 and how he does it: free, exalted and timeless! An album that cannot be pigeon-holed.&nbsp;<\/em><strong>\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>\u2013 Jazzthetik<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><em>When listening, Keith Jarrett\u2019s name came to mind several times. Not because Koo\u2019s playing is similar to that of the American master, but because it is of the same exceptionally high level.<\/em><strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Trouw<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><em>No matter how Koo twists and turns and seems to grab it energetically, the piano becomes&nbsp;a hamster wheel.<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Clever head, this half-Japanese.<\/em><strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Bad Alchemy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><em>Koo\u2019s compositions and playing are absolutely world class.<\/em>&nbsp;<em>An album of unparalleled class.&nbsp;<\/em>\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u00bd&nbsp;<strong>\u2013 Written in Music<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><em>Such bravura, such virtuosity. (\u2026) Stunning record.&nbsp;<\/em>\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605&nbsp;<strong>\u2013 De Standaard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><em>A colorful album that keeps the listener on the edge of his seat&nbsp;for almost forty minutes.<\/em>&nbsp;\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>\u2013 L\u2019Echo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex\u2019 fabulous technique, sounding downright genius at times, is the basis for this dizzying&nbsp;tour de force of an album. He is also a superbly original composer.&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;London Jazz News Wonderful compositions, miles away from the shallowness of the so-called \u201cneo-classical\u201d. 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