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by Ludovico Granvassu
At a time when music producers have been seriously entertaining the thought of promoting one minute-long songs to deal with the short attention span of today's online music listeners, we want to celebrate musicians who are unfazed by this trend, and instead follow their internal muse. At the top of the hour the remarkable new album by Loren Stillman.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Loren Stillman “Backyard" Time ...
read moreHedvig Mollestad, Wayne Horvitz, Anne Pacéo, Chris Potter & Other New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
This week we put together an energy-packed playlist to boost us towards the finish line of the winter season. At the heart of the show is electric jazz, from a rather guitar-centric set of albums. They oscillate between the shredding power of Hedvig Mollestad or Marbin, and the legacy of the New York Downtown scene that has emerged from the vaults of Wayne Horvitz with echoes coming back to us from across the world; exhibit A: the Belgian band Echoes ...
read moreFire And Ice: Two Nordic Contrasts
by Gareth Thompson
The twin forces of ice and fire have long existed in Nordic mythology. In the twenty-first century, northern European music has offered stark contrasts too, with a scene as vibrant and compelling as any on earth. Labels such as Hubro, Odin, Rune Grammofon and Jazzland have brought us many artists with a common grounding in jazz and styles far beyond. On a first listen there is more that separates Hedvig Mollestad and Kjetil Mulelid than unites them, but no Norwegian ...
read moreHedvig Mollestad Trio: Shoot!
by AAJ Italy Staff
Le scarnissime note di copertina dicono poco o nulla di questo power trio norvegese capitanato nientemeno che da una chitarrista hard rock, come si sarebbe detto una volta, che risponde al nome di Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen. È lei la bionda che vedete in copertina e che spara riff al fulmicotone e sventaglia assoli granitici in puro stile anni Settanta. A dire la verità, tutto ciò ha poco a vedere anche con il jazz rock più trucido e metallaro. Ma, si ...
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