Maria Kvist, piano Robert Erlandsson, bass Isak Andersson, drums MARIA KVIST shows with her trio at this record how she, based on her own strong experiences in her landscape Jämtland, wants to design her music-compositions, arrangements and improvisations. There is a very interesting break, or rather interplay, between her roots and her musical means of expression. Maria is a driven and resourceful pianist with great breadth in the address. As a composer, she connects with the Swedish greats but is careful not to plagiarize – it is not part of the artistic mission. The task is instead to develop, to reshape and convey something of her own – to attract both herselves, her fellow musicians and us – the listeners – to strong emotions and exciting discoveries.