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Liner Notes

Arve Henriksen: Solidification

Read "Arve Henriksen: Solidification" reviewed by John Kelman


Constellations and the Something of Discovery Music as a chosen profession may suggest occupying the minds of its makers far beyond the 9-to-5 hours of your average job, but for some it goes further still. Transcending mere preoccupation, trumpeter Arve Henriksen seems to eat, drink, sleep and dream music, 24/7, 365 days a year. “I was sitting in my car recently, driving from Oslo to Gothenburg," Henriksen relates, “and I just started to sing and sing and sing. And I ...

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Album Review

Elephant9: Arrival Of The New Elders

Read "Arrival Of The New Elders" reviewed by Chris May


Unlike jazz or rock, both of which originated in the US, jazz-rock was born simultaneously in the US and Europe, with a British band the first off the blocks. Soft Machine's eponymous debut was released in 1968. It was followed by drummer Tony Williams' Lifetime's Emergency! (Polydor) in 1969 and trumpeter Miles Davis' Bitches Brew (Columbia) in 1970. So, unlike European jazz musicians in the mother tradition, European jazz-rock musicians have never had to “catch up" with their American cousins. ...

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Extended Analysis

Arve Henriksen: Solidification

Read "Arve Henriksen: Solidification" reviewed by Henning Bolte


Arve Henriksen is one of today's most innovative, creative and busiest musicians in improvised music and jazz. He has his very own signature--first as a highly characteristic trumpeter/singer, but on other instruments and vocals, too. Those who only know him from his Cartography (ECM, 2008) or through his numerous sideman appearances, do not really know him--at least, not well enough.Solidification is a wonderful remedy, a worthwhile dig. This limited edition, seven-LP box set contains the music from his ...

Album Review

Paolo Vinaccia: Very Much Alive

Read "Very Much Alive" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Paolo Vinaccia è un batterista e compositore italiano che dal 1979 ha scelto la Norvegia come patria di adozione. Qui si è costruito una reputazione che lo ha portato a incidere con i migliori musicisti della scena scandinava, a partecipare a oltre cento incisioni, ad essere uno dei batteristi più richiesti, grazie alla grande duttilità che lo porta a suonare con naturalezza in contesti disparati. Vi è un gruppo però con il quale Vinaccia negli ultimi anni si è esibito ...

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Extended Analysis

Very Much Alive

Read "Very Much Alive" reviewed by John Kelman


[NOTE]: This review is being republished as a celebration of just one aspect of the life of drummer Paolo Vinaccia, who passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer on July 5, 2019. Best-known in Norway, where he emigrated from Italy in 1979, enjoying a busy career with artists including Arild Andersen, Terje Rypdal, Mike Mainieri, Bendik Hofseth, Bugge Wesseltoft and Palle Mikkelborg, amongst many others. Vinaccia's big heart and warm concern for others made him everybody's best friend, and ...


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