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Excess Luggage: Hand Luggage Only
by Dave Wayne
Given this Norwegian trio's two keyboards-plus-drums instrumentation, there may be the expectation of something avant-garde, or perhaps something reminiscent of '70s-era prog rock. However, on Hand Luggage Only, Excess Luggage's core values are firmly oriented towards aggressive, swinging modern jazz. This is clear from the CD's first track, the bobbing, weaving Annoying You." The title may refer to the tune's mechanical-sounding, syncopated, repetitious melody--though nothing about it is truly annoying. Another thing that's immediately apparent is how well the instrumentation ...
read moreSidiki Camara Band: Tolerance
by Jakob Baekgaard
Sometimes music blossoms in the strangest places. For instance, who would have thought that a superior example of Malian funk could be created in Norway? Nevertheless, this is the case with Malian vocalist and master percussionist Sidiki Camara, whose band consists of some of the best jazz musicians on the Norwegian scene. Camara is known as a member of guitarist Bill Frisell's group The Intercontinentals, but he is also a well-established musician in his own right, having ...
read morePeloton: Selected Recordings
by Jakob Baekgaard
There's a common perception of Norwegian jazz that links it to the Nordic sound: a cool, melancholic aesthetic propagated by the likes of Jan Garbarek, Helge Lien and Tord Gustavsen. The Rune Grammofon label has, however, brought a new strain into Norwegian jazz that has made it possible to disturb the image of icy mountain music in favor of a more wildly eclectic, experimental music.
While it is true that Peloton's Selected Recordings isn't released on Rune Grammofon, the record ...
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