Articles by Nicolas Large
Andreas Tophøj: A Snapshot of Denmark
by Nicolas Large
To preserve a tradition in music, one must pique the interest of the up-and-comers out in the field. For folk music in Denmark this process would seem to be well under way; there is a steady stream of working musicians coming out of the conservatories there who have embraced their traditional folk music and adapted it into other realms. Take, for instance, Zar, a top-notch example of this trend: a band that has come forth with a polished ...
read moreA French "Exposé Sur" Albert Ayler
by Nicolas Large
At the end of the year 1970, the man who was considered the strongest personality in Free Jazz by his fans would die in mysterious circumstances.Albert Ayler had been missing from his New York home since the 5th of November and it was only three weeks later that his body was recovered from the East River. His funeral was held discretely in Cleveland (his home-town) on the 4th of December, in attendance were members of the family and ...
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