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Je Suis!

Mats Äleklint Quartet: Mats Äleklint Quartet

by Eyal Hareuveni
February 24, 2014

Prolific Swedish trombonist Mats Äleklint is the man of the hour. In recent years his powerful trombone sound has been an integral part of most of the forward-thinking Nordic outfits--Mats Gustafsson's Fire! Orchestra and The Thing XXL, Fredrik Ljungkvist's Yun Kan 10, Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit, Goran Kajfes Subtropic Arkestra and Je Suis!. His debut as ...

Mistluren

By Je Suis!

Label: Umlaut Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Varför Får Jag Ingen Kaka Till Kaffet Din Jävel; Östermalm; Lyrikern; Odjuret Och Odjuret; Geniet; Eyafjallajökull; Det Måste Vara Doping; Jag är!.

Niklas Barno / Joel Grip / Didier Lasserre: Can't Stop Snusing

by Eyal Hareuveni
June 8, 2012

The sophomore release of this Swedish-French trio is powerful as its excellent debut from two years ago, Snus (Ayler, 2010). Can't Stop Snusing, named after the Swedish moist-powder tobacco, is an infectious, raw and direct set of free jazz improvisations by fearless musicians. The trio is comprised of Swedish trumpeter Niklas Barnö and bassist Joel Grip, ...

Je Suis!: Mistluren

by Mark Corroto
February 13, 2012

In 1962 free jazz pioneer Albert Ayler moved to Sweden. Like Jesus Christ's 40 days in the desert, he came home to the United States after being tempted by the devil, and led a revolution in free jazz. His Swedish temptation, perhaps it was a viral contagion, has survived these past 50 years, resurfacing in the ...