text: Kjærgaard – Street – Cyrille / Open Opus | Søren Kjærgaard
  01: Like A Motherless Sun (for Sun Ra)
  02: Floating World (Ukiyo)
  03: Kanon-i-ka
  04: Open Opus 3
  05: Places Brids Fly From
  06: Open Opus 5
  07: Fatha
  08: Abrahms' Paraphrase
  09: Dear Naya
  "Open Opus" is the second release by this intercontinental trio, consisting of pianist and composer Søren Kjærgaard, versatile bassist Ben Street and legendary drummer Andrew Cyrille. In 2008 Kjærgaard-Street-Cyrille released the album "Optics", which caught the attention of music critics around the world, calling it: "…minimalistic bliss!" (Jazz Times, U.S.), "…a beautiful and fascinating recording…" (All About Jazz, New York), "…terse & ruminative music…" (New York Times), "…iconoclastic sonorities…" (Jazzman, France), "…masterpiece of epic dimensions." (Geiger, Denmark).
  Whether the sheer telepathy of the title-track group improvisations or the sparse, pointalistic delicacy of Floating World (Ukiyo) this is cross-generational improvisation of a high standard.
  Dave Foxhall, The Jazz Journal (UK) - Mar 5th 2011
  Kjærgaards music surprises by its remarkable and unprecedented originality.
  Benno Bartsch, Jazzpodium (DE) - Nov 1st 2011
  Deepening the partnership established with Optics a couple of years ago, pianist Søren Kjaergaard, bassist Ben Street and drummer Andrew Cyrille function as three parts of an interlocking mechanism on this CD.
  Ken Waxman, The New York City Jazz Record (US) - Aug 11th 2011
  Breaking new boundaries in the aesthetics of the trio,
  Open Opus is a true work of art.
  Jakob Bækgaard, All About Jazz - Nov 1st 2010
  Best Danish Releases 2010: In a long row of outstanding releases, this is at once Kjærgaard's most subdued and forceful work.
  Jakob Bækgaard, All About Jazz - Dec 31st 2010
  (…) with this constellation, Kjærgaard has reached a level and perfect frame for his musical search, that enables us to lift him from the talented into an exclusive world of modern Danish jazz musicians who have found a languague, which is entirely their own.
  Peter H. Larsen, Information (DK) - Oct 24th 2010
  (…) Kjærgaard guides the vessel selflessly, with hidden compositions, a captivating harmonic landscape and a mature calmness.